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My love affair with the brain : the life and science of Dr. Marian Diamond / produced and directed by Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg ; written, photographed, and edited by Gary Weimberg.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diamond, Marian Cleeves.
- Brain--Research--United States--History--20th century.
- Brain.
- Neuroscientists--California--Biography.
- Neuroscientists.
- Neurosciences.
- Neuroplasticity.
- Women in science--United States--Biography.
- Women in science.
- Women scientists--United States--Biography.
- Women scientists.
- Brain--Growth--Research--History.
- Human anatomy--Study and teaching.
- Human anatomy.
- Neuropsychology.
- Brain--Growth.
- Research.
- History.
- Brain--Research.
- United States.
- California.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- How can you not fall in love with a woman who carries around a preserved human brain inside a giant flowery hat box? Meet Dr. Marian Diamond, renowned academic and research scientist, and prepare to be smitten. Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg's film follows this remarkable woman over a 5-year period and introduces the viewer to both her many scientific accomplishments and the warm, funny, and thoroughly charming woman herself, who describes her 60-year career researching the human brain as "pure joy." As one of the founders of modern neuroscience, it's no exaggeration to say that Dr. Diamond changed science, and society at large in dramatic ways over the course of her career. Her groundbreaking work is all the more remarkable because it began during an era when so few women entered science at all. Shouted at from the back of the conference hall by noteworthy male academics as she presented her research, and disparaged in the scientific journals of a more conservative era, Dr. Diamond simply did the work and followed where her curiosity led her, bringing about a paradigm shift (or two) in the process. As she points out, in order to get to the answers that matter, you have to start by asking the right questions.
- Participant:
- Narrator: Mayim Bialik.
- Credits:
- Original music, Todd Boekelheide.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Luna Productions, ©2017.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 5, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-mylab Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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