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Brainstorm - Detective Stories From the World of Neurology (Paperback)
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Brainstorm - Detective Stories From the World of Neurology (Paperback)
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List price R338
Loot Price R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save R62 (18%)
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'I loved it. She is in my view the best science writer around - a
true descendant of Oliver Sacks' Sathnam Sanghera, author of The
Boy with the Topknot The brain is the most complex structure in the
universe. In Brainstorm the Wellcome Prize-winning author of It's
All in Your Head uncovers the most eye-opening symptoms medicine
has to offer. 'Powerfully life-affirming... Brainstorm is testament
to O'Sullivan's unshowy clarity of thought and her continued
marvelling at the mysteries of the brain' Guardian Brainstorm
examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even
their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees
cartoon characters running across the room; a teenager who one day
arrives home with inexplicably torn clothes; a girl whose world
turns all Alice in Wonderland; another who transforms into a
ragdoll whenever she even thinks about moving. The brain is the
most complex structure in the universe, and neurologists must
puzzle out life-changing diagnoses from the tiniest of clues - it's
the ultimate in medical detective work. In this riveting book, one
of the UK's leading neurologists takes you with her as she follows
the trail of her patients' symptoms: feelings of deja vu lead us to
a damaged hippocampus; spitting and fidgeting to the right temporal
lobe; fear of movement to a brain tumour; a missed heart beat to
the limbic system. It's a journey that will open your eyes to the
unfathomable intricacies of the brain, and the infinite variety of
human capacity and experience.
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