Drawing on the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, authors Daniel Goleman and Prof Richard J. Davidson expertly reveal what we can learn from a one-of-a-kind data pool of world-class meditators. They sweep away the misconceptions around meditation and show how smart practice can change our personal traits and even our genome for the better. Demonstrating two master thinkers at work, The Science of Meditation explains precisely how meditation– without drugs or high expense– can cultivate qualities such as selflessness, equanimity, love and compassion, and redesign our neural circuitry. Gripping in its storytelling and based on a lifetime of thought and action, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.