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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.

    • Title:The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery / Sam Kean.
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    • Variant Title:Dueling neurosurgeons
      History of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery
    • Author/Creator:Kean, Sam, author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Back Bay Books, 2015.
      ©2014
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Brain--Popular works.
    • Medical Subjects: Brain--physiology.
      Neurosciences--history.
      Brain Diseases.
      Neurologic Manifestations.
      Physicians--history.
    • Edition:First Back Bay paperback edition.
    • Description:xii, 407, 12 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
    • 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.
    • Notes:Includes Reading Group Guide (12 pages).
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-395) and index.
    • ISBN:9780316182355 (paperback)
      0316182354 (paperback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Gross Anatomy
      Introduction
      ch. One Dueling Neurosurgeons
      pt. II Cells, Senses, Circuits
      ch. Two Assassin's Soup
      ch. Three Wiring and Rewiring
      ch. Four Facing Brain Damage
      pt. III Body and Brain
      ch. Five Brain's Motor
      ch. Six Laughing Disease
      ch. Seven Sex and Punishment
      pt. IV Beliefs and Delusions
      ch. Eight Sacred Disease
      ch. Nine "Sleights of Mind"
      pt. V Consciousness
      ch. Ten Honest Lying
      ch. Eleven Left, Right, and Center
      ch. Twelve Man, the Myth, the Legend.
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