Minds Behind the Brain: A History of the Pioneers and Their Discoveries

by Stanley Finger

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Attractively illustrated with over a hundred halftones and drawings, this volume presents a series of vibrant profiles that trace the evolution of our knowledge about the brain.
Beginning almost 5000 years ago, with the ancient Egyptian study of "the marrow of the skull," Stanley Finger takes us on a fascinating journey from the classical world of Hippocrates, to the time of Descartes and the era of Broca and Ramon y Cajal, to modern researchers...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019508571X

ISBN13:9780195085716

Release Date:December 1999

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:384 Pages

Weight:2.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 7.1" x 10.0"

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