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05055cam a22006374a 4500 001 5FAB79342B0511DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 031003s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2003063144 020 $a 9780743230384 020 $a 0743230388 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NLM $d CLU $d XY4 $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d XY4 $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCG $d LJW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QP376 $b .Z555 2004 060 00 $a 2004 D-985 060 10 $a WZ 100 $b Z734s 2004 082 00 $a 612.8/1 $2 22 084 $a 44.90 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Zimmer, Carl, $d 1966- 245 1 $a Soul made flesh : $b the discovery of the brain-- and how it changed the world / $c Carl Zimmer. 260 $a New York : $b Free Press, $c c2004. 300 $a xii, 367 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-348) and index. 520 $a Soul Made Flesh is the remarkable untold story of a dramatic turning point in history, the exciting discovery of how the human brain works. In an unprecedented examination of how the secrets of the brain were revealed in seventeenth-century England, award-winning author Carl Zimmer tells an extraordinary tale that unfurls against a deadly backdrop of civil war, plague, and the Great Fire of London. At the beginning of that turbulent century, no one knew how the brain worked or even what it looked like intact. By the century's close, the science of the brain had taken root, helping to overturn many of the most common misconceptions and dominant philosophies about man, God, and the universe. Presiding over the rise of this new scientific paradigm was the founder of modern neurology, Thomas Willis, a fascinating, sympathetic, even heroic figure who stands at the center 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. Called 'as fine a science essayist as we have' by The New York Times, Zimmer tells the story of this scientific revolution through the lives of a colorful array of alchemists, mystics, utopians, spies, revolutionaries, and kings. He recreates the religious, ethical, and scientific struggles involved in the pioneering autopsies of the brain carried out by Thomas Willis; the discovery of the circulation of blood by William Harvey and his flight from London with his besieged king, Charles I; ReneÌ Descartes's persecution by Catholics and Protestants alike for his views of the brain and soul; and the experiments and personal dramas of gifted men who forever changed the way science is practiced as they simultaneously upended our view of our human selves and our place in the world. In this distant mirror to our own time of continuing scientific revolution and worldwide social upheaval, Zimmer brings to life the painstaking, innovative discoveries of Willis and his contemporaries, the taproots of the amazing work of today's neuroscientists, who continue to explore the brain, revealing the hidden workings of emotions, memories, and consciousness. Graced with beautiful illustrations by Christopher Wren, Soul Made Flesh conveys a contagious appreciation for the wonder of the brain, its structure, its many marvelous functions, and the implications for human identity, mind, and morality. It is the definitive history of the dawn of a world-changing science and attitude, the age of the brain and modern consciousness. 650 0 $a Brain. 650 0 $a Brain $v Miscellanea. 650 0 $a Brain $x History. 600 12 $a Willis, Thomas, $d 1621-1675. 650 12 $a Physicians $v Biography. 650 22 $a Brain. 650 22 $a History, 17th Century $v Biography. 650 22 $a Physicians $x history. 650 22 $a Research $x history. 650 17 $a Ziel. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Hersenen. $2 gtt 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2003063144.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon052/2003063144.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2003063144-t.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2003063144-s.html 941 $a 13 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718082014.0 952 $l UPAX334 $d 20230104034706.0 952 $l LVOX826 $d 20220318012957.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926084022.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107042054.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180124071121.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418041234.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820065657.0 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l O4AX446 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5FAB79342B0511DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 994 $a 03 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search