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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung History |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles G Gross |
| ISBN: | 026207186X 9780262071864 0262571358 9780262571357 0585024812 9780585024813 |
| OCLC Number: | 36877412 |
| Notes: | "A Bradford book." |
| Description: | xviii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | From Imhotep to Hubel and Weisel: the story of visual cortex. Ancient Egyptian surgery and medicine ; Greek philosopher-scientists and the beginning of brain science ; The medieval cell doctrine of brain function ; The rebirth of brain science ; The beginning of the modern era of cortical localization ; The discovery of a visual center in the cerebral cortex -- Leonardo da Vinci on the brain and eye -- Emanuel Swedenborg: a neuroscientist before his time -- The hippocampus minor and man's place in nature: a case study in the social construction of neuroanatomy -- Beyond striate cortex: how large portions of the temporal and parietal cortex became visual areas. |
| Responsibility: | Charles G. Gross. |
Abstract:
A collection of tales describing the growth of knowledge about the brain from the Egyptians and Greeks to the present time. The author attempts to answer the question of how the discipline of neuroscience evolved into its modern incarnation, looking at the work of Hubel, Da Vici and Swedenborg.
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"Brain lovers are in for a rare treat: here's a brain book that is filled with historical treasures and is a pure pleasure to read besides. An eminent neuroscientist, the author also turns out to be a master sleuth of forgotten facts as well as a thoroughly entertaining teller of tales." --Mortimer Mishkin, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health Read more...
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