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Charles G. Gross

A Hole in the Head

More Tales in the History of Neuroscience

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Essays on great figures and important issues, advances and blind alleys—from trepanation to the discovery of grandmother cells—in the history of brain sciences. Neuroscientist Charles Gross has been interested in the history of his field since his days as an undergraduate. A Hole in the Head is the second collection of essays in which he illuminates the study of the brain with fascinating episodes from the past. This volume's tales range from the history of trepanation (drilling a hole in the skull) to neurosurgery as painted by Hieronymus Bosch to the discovery that bats navigate using echolocation. The emphasis is on blind alleys and errors… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-262-29159-0
  • EAN: 9780262291590
  • Produktnummer: 27874967
  • Verlag: MIT Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 368 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 7'550 KB
  • Abbildungen: 59 B&W ILLUS.

Über den Autor


Charles G. Gross, a neuroscientist specializing in vision and the functions of the cerebral cortex, is Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. He is the author of Brain, Vision, Memory: Tales in the History of Neuroscience (MIT Press, 1998).

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