The Tell-Tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature

V. S. Ramachandran

ISBN 10: 0434020249 / ISBN 13: 9780434020249

Verlag: Cornerstone, 2011

Paperback. Cover and spine in good condition, lightly soiled. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000058315

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* V.S. Ramachandran has exploded the boundaries of modern science - so much so that he has been praised by Richard Dawkins as a latter-day Marco Polo.

*A specialist in brain damage, he is famous for an instinctive, intuitive approach to neurological disorders that has led him to successfully 'amputate' phantom limbs, as well as solving the riddles of apotemnophilia (an obsession with self-amputation), and Capgrass syndrome (where patients who are in all other respects fully recovered become convinced that their loved ones are imposters).

This new book will explore why the human brain is so unique and how it became so enchantingly complex. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about the brain and how it evolved. Along the way we hear stories that are by turns moving, funny, tragic and disturbing, but always utterly fascinating.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Vilayanur S. Ramachandran is widely held to be the most exciting neuroscientist alive. Director of the Centre for the Brain at the University of California, San Diego, he has received many honours and awards. His previous book, the critically acclaimed Phantoms in the Brain, was the basis for a Channel Four TV series.

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Titel: The Tell-Tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery ...
Verlag: Cornerstone
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good