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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons - The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery (Hardcover)
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons - The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery (Hardcover)
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The author of the bestseller "The Disappearing Spoon" reveals the
secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true
stories.
Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for
misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases,
horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases
their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed
by the transformations that took place when different parts of the
brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents
suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the
community became pathological liars. Some people couldn't speak but
could still sing.
In "The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons," Sam Kean travels
through time with stories of neurological curiosities: phantom
limbs, Siamese twin brains, viruses that eat patients' memories,
blind people who see through their tongues. He weaves these
narratives together with prose that makes the pages fly by, to
create a story of discovery that reaches back to the 1500s and the
high-profile jousting accident that inspired this book's title.*
With the lucid, masterful explanations and razor-sharp wit his fans
have come to expect, Kean explores the brain's secret passageways
and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary people whose
struggles, resilience, and deep humanity made neuroscience
possible.
*"The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons" refers to the case of
French king Henri II, who in 1559 was lanced through the skull
during a joust, resulting in one of the most significant cases in
neuroscience history. For hundreds of years scientists have gained
important lessons from traumatic accidents and illnesses, and such
misfortunes still represent their greatest resource for discovery.
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