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The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery / Sam Kean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kean, Sam, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Popular works.
- Brain.
- Neurosciences.
- Neuropsychology.
- Brain--Physiology.
- Brain--Diseases.
- Brain--Diseases--Popular works.
- Brain--Physiology--Popular works.
- Neuropsychology--Popular works.
- Neurosciences--Popular works.
- Brain Diseases.
- Brain--physiology.
- Neurosciences--history.
- Neurologic Manifestations.
- Physicians--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain Diseases.
- Brain--physiology.
- Neurosciences--history.
- Neurologic Manifestations.
- Physicians--history.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 407, 12 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Back Bay paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Dueling neurosurgeons
- History of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Back Bay Books, 2015.
- Summary:
- Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike--strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents--and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the community became pathological liars. Some people couldn't speak but could still sing. Sam Kean explains the brain's secret passageways and recounts forgotten tales of the ordinary people whose struggles, resilience, and deep humanity made modern neuroscience possible.--From publisher description.
- The author of the best-seller The Disappearing Spoon offers fascinating tales of the brain and the history of neuroscience.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Gross Anatomy
- Introduction
- ch. One The Dueling Neurosurgeons
- pt. II Cells, Senses, Circuits
- ch. Two The Assassin's Soup
- ch. Three Wiring and Rewiring
- ch. Four Facing Brain Damage
- pt. III Body and Brain
- ch. Five The Brain's Motor
- ch. Six The Laughing Disease
- ch. Seven Sex and Punishment
- pt. IV Beliefs and Delusions
- ch. Eight The Sacred Disease
- ch. Nine "Sleights of Mind"
- pt. V Consciousness
- ch. Ten Honest Lying
- ch. Eleven Left, Right, and Center
- ch. Twelve The Man, the Myth, the Legend.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, May 2014"--Title page verso.
- Includes Reading Group Guide (12 pages).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-395) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316182355
- 0316182354
- OCLC:
- 913404996
- Publisher Number:
- 99989862968
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