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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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Van Pelt Library QP385.5 .M36 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGilchrist, Iain
- 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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