Sam Kean

Broschiertes Buch

The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons

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

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Sam Kean is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Disappearing Spoon and The Violinist's Thumb. His writing has appeared in the New York Times magazine, Mental Floss, Slate and New Scientist. The Disappearing Spoon was shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for science writing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Black Swan / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 696894
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 123mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781784161033
• ISBN-10: 1784161039
• Artikelnr.: 42056674

Rezensionen

Kean's lively new book unpacks a bundle of fascinating, alarming and sometimes heartbreaking case histories Mail on Sunday