Soul made flesh : the discovery of the brain-- and how it changed the world /

Zimmer, Carl.

Soul made flesh : the discovery of the brain-- and how it changed the world / Carl Zimmer. - New York : Free Press, c2004. - xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-348) and index.

Describes the first examination of an intact human brain in 1663; the discovery that the brain was the central organ that governed the human body, memory, reasoning, and emotion; and the influence of that discovery on modern science.

0743230388 : HRD $26.00

Simon & Schuster, Order Dept 100 Front st, Riverside, NJ, USA, 08075 SAN 200-2442

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Brain.
Brain--Miscellanea.
Brain--History.

QP376 / .Z555 2004

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