Minds Behind the Brain by Stanley Finger
This book presents the highlights of the history of brain research to a lay audience. The author, a well known neuropsychologist, begins with an unnamed physician in ancient Egypt and moves through Greece, Rome, European Renaissance and eventually into the Twentieth century. Overall this very readable collection of scientific biographies will appeal to anyone who ever wondered how people in other cultures and times thought about the mysterous organ of mind and how great discoveries are made and received.
"This book is very readable and immensely enjoyableIt is also full of anecdotes, and facts, which enhance one's understanding of brain science. I would heartily recommend the book." Journal of Electrophysiological Technology, Vol 26, No 1
Stanley Finger is Professor of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, where he teaches in the programs of neural sciences and philosophy-neuroscience-psychology. He has written widely on the history of medicine, and his many books include Origins of Neuroscience and Minds Behind the Brain. Finger is senior editor of the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195085716 |
| ISBN 10 | 019508571X |
| Title | Minds Behind the Brain |
| Author | Stanley Finger |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2000-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 378 |
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