Soul Made Flesh: How The Secrets of the Brain were uncovered in Seventeenth Century England - Couverture souple

Zimmer, Carl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784757039 ISBN 13 : 9781784757038

Editeur : Arrow, 2017

Synopsis

At the beginning of Europe's turbulent seventeenth century, no one knew how the brain worked. By the century's close, the science of the brain had taken root, helping to overturn many common misconceptions about the human body as well as to unseat centuries-old philosophies of man and God. Presiding over this evolution was the founder of modern neurology, Thomas Willis, a fascinating, sympathetic, even heroic figure who stands at the centre of an extraordinary group of scientists and philosophers known as the 'Oxford circle'. Chronicled here in vivid detail are their groundbreaking revelations and often gory experiments that first enshrined the brain as the chemical engine of reason, emotion, and madness - indeed as the very seat of the human soul.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carl Zimmer writes the monthly essay in the US magazine Natural History, having inherited this position from Stephen Jay Gould.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784757039
• ISBN 13: 9781784757038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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