Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons

The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

By (author) : Sam Kean
Publishers: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Print Format: Paperback

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For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards.

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The author's skill in illuminating how the brain functions and malfunctions manifest themselves in people's lives makes for absorbing reading....These avowals ultimately raise weighty, compelling questions about the nature of identity and what it means to be human

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Title	Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons
By (author)	Sam Kean
Publishers	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Language of text	English
ISBN	9781784161033
Product Form	Paperback
Height	198 mm
Width	127 mm
Thickness	29 mm
Unit weight	335 gr