The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

Sam Kean

411 pages first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history psychology science informative medium-paced
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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, infect...

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funny 41%
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hopeful 8%
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mysterious 1%
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