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The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / Iain McGilchrist.

LIBRA QP385.5 .M36 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McGilchrist, Iain
Contributor:
Isaac Norris Library Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cerebral dominance.
Dominance, Cerebral.
Cerebrum--physiology.
Cultural Evolution.
Social Change--history.
Western World--history.
Medical Subjects:
Dominance, Cerebral.
Cerebrum--physiology.
Cultural Evolution.
Social Change--history.
Western World--history.
Physical Description:
ix, 597 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
Contents:
Asymmetry and the brain
What do the two hemispheres 'do'?
Language, truth, and music
The nature of the two worlds
The primacy of the right hemisphere
The triumph of the left hemisphere
Imitation and the evolution of culture
The ancient world
The Renaissance and the Reformation
The Enlightenment
Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution
The modern and post-modern worlds.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
ISBN:
9780300148787
030014878X
OCLC:
317249497
Publisher Number:
99935758213

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