Half a Brain Is Enough
The Story of Nico
Half A Brain Is Enough is the moving and extraordinary story of Nico, a little boy who at the age of three was given a right hemispherectomy to control intractable epilepsy. Antonio Battro, a distinguished neuroscientist and educationalist, charts what he calls Nico's 'neuroeducation' with humour and compassion in an intriguing book which is part case history, part meditation on the nature of consciousness and the brain, and part manifesto. Throughout the book Battro combines the highest standards of scientific scholarship with a warmth and humanity that guide the reader through the intricacies of brain surgery, neuronal architecture and the…
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Weitere Autoren: Butterworth, George (Hrsg.) / Hatano, Giyoo (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-03111-0
- EAN: 9780521031110
- Produktnummer: 2561900
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 136 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.7 cm 209 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 209
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