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Author Kean, Sam, author.

Title The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the history of the human brain as revealed by true stories of trauma, madness, and recovery / Sam Kean.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

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 Winters Adult Nonfiction  617.48023 KEA    CHECK SHELVES
Edition First edition.
Description 407 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type text rdacontent
Format volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-395) and index.
Contents The dueling neurosurgeons -- The assassin's soup -- Wiring and rewiring -- Facing brain damage -- The brain's motor -- The laughing disease -- Sex and punishment -- The sacred disease -- "Sleights of mind" -- Honest lying -- Left, right, and center -- The man, the myth, the legend.
Subject Brain -- Physiology -- Popular works.
Neurosciences -- History -- Popular works.
Brain -- Diseases -- Popular works.
Brain -- physiology -- Popular Works.
Neurosciences -- history -- Popular Works.
Brain Diseases -- Popular Works.
Neurologic Manifestations -- Popular Works.
Physicians -- history -- Popular Works.
ISBN 9780316182348
9780316286480
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