The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery

Name: The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery
Brand: Little, Brown and Company
SKU: SD_ILS:1620006
Availability: InStock

Author

Sam Kean

Call Number

617.48 K243 (CEN)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Physical Description

407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Gross anatomy. The dueling neurosurgeons
Cells, senses, circuits. The assassin's soup ; Wiring and rewiring ; Facing brain damage
Body and brain. The brain's motor ; The laughing disease ; Sex and punishment
Beliefs and delusions. The sacred disease ; "Sleights of mind"
Consciousness. Honest lying ; Left, right, and center ; The man, the myth, the legend.