Soul made flesh : the discovery of the brain--and how it changed the world / Carl Zimmer.
By: Zimmer, Carl.
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BookPublisher: New York : Free Press, c2004Description: xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0743230388.Other title: Discovery of the brain--and how it changed the world.Subject(s): Brain | Brain -- Miscellanea | Brain -- History | Brain | Brain -- Miscellanea | Brain -- HistoryDDC classification: 612.8/1 Summary: Examines how seventeenth-century scientists learned the secrets of how the human brain works and the impact their discovery had on history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-348) and index.
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Examines how seventeenth-century scientists learned the secrets of how the human brain works and the impact their discovery had on history.
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