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Author:

Cobb, Matthew, author.

Title:

The idea of the brain : the past and future of neuroscience / Matthew Cobb.

Edition:

First US edition.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 25 cm

Subject:

Neurosciences--History.
Neurosciences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Past: Heart -- Forces -- Electricity -- Function -- Evolution -- Inhibition -- Neurons -- Machines -- Control -- Present: Memory -- Circuits -- Computers -- Chemistry -- Localisation -- Consciousness -- Future.

Summary:

"For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The Idea of the Brain, scientist and historian Matthew Cobb traces how our conception of the brain has evolved over the centuries. Although it might seem to be a story of ever-increasing knowledge of biology, Cobb shows how our ideas about the brain have been shaped by each era's most significant technologies." -- Amazon.com

ISBN:

1541646851
9781541646858

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1153034902

LCCN:

2020933095

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)