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A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain Nature_Gift_Guide Abhi’s life—and the world—changed whenLonglisted for the PEN E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she has eaten