Author: Edwin Clarke
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520078796
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This book traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery.
Nineteenth-Century Origins of Neuroscientific Concepts
Author: Edwin Clarke
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520078796
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This book traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520078796
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This book traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery.
The Southern Review
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Pages : 550
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Pages : 550
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The Enchanted Loom
Author: Pietro Corsi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In 1747, Julien Offroy de La Mettrie anonymously published a pamphlet that scandalized Europe. The Dutch government, the most tolerant in Europe, decreed its destruction, and made every effort to learn who wrote it. La Mettrie fled to Berlin, where he was forced to live in exile for the rest of his life. His crime? He had argued that thought was produced by the brain--a dangerous assault, in the eyes of his contemporaries, on the soul. Not for the last time, the science of the human mind had outgrown human imagination. Written by an international team of scientists, The Enchanted Loom offers a sweeping look at the history of neuroscience from the philosophy of Aristotle to the advent of Artificial Intelligence. This collection of accessible, intriguing essays is supplemented by over 350 spectacular illustrations, many in color, with thorough and informative captions written by the scientists themselves. The authors discuss Descartes's contributions to thought about the brain, alongside brilliant artistic studies of the central nervous system that he and masters like da Vinci executed. They show how phrenology--the long discredited study of skull shape and mental faculties--actually represented a breakthrough in thinking about localized brain functions, and how the advent of the microscope and other equipment led to new discoveries. The contributors bring the story up to the present day, unfolding the emergence of the modern neurosciences, advances in molecular biology, and the debate over how infants learn language. In addition, the book offers a short history of computers and recent thought about whether the mind works like computer software. Noted contributors include Larry Squire, writing on memory; Solomon Snyder, discussing psychopharmacology; and John Dowling on vision. Colorful, intelligent, informative, The Enchanted Loom offers an authoritative and enjoyable look at the history of a complex and fascinating science.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In 1747, Julien Offroy de La Mettrie anonymously published a pamphlet that scandalized Europe. The Dutch government, the most tolerant in Europe, decreed its destruction, and made every effort to learn who wrote it. La Mettrie fled to Berlin, where he was forced to live in exile for the rest of his life. His crime? He had argued that thought was produced by the brain--a dangerous assault, in the eyes of his contemporaries, on the soul. Not for the last time, the science of the human mind had outgrown human imagination. Written by an international team of scientists, The Enchanted Loom offers a sweeping look at the history of neuroscience from the philosophy of Aristotle to the advent of Artificial Intelligence. This collection of accessible, intriguing essays is supplemented by over 350 spectacular illustrations, many in color, with thorough and informative captions written by the scientists themselves. The authors discuss Descartes's contributions to thought about the brain, alongside brilliant artistic studies of the central nervous system that he and masters like da Vinci executed. They show how phrenology--the long discredited study of skull shape and mental faculties--actually represented a breakthrough in thinking about localized brain functions, and how the advent of the microscope and other equipment led to new discoveries. The contributors bring the story up to the present day, unfolding the emergence of the modern neurosciences, advances in molecular biology, and the debate over how infants learn language. In addition, the book offers a short history of computers and recent thought about whether the mind works like computer software. Noted contributors include Larry Squire, writing on memory; Solomon Snyder, discussing psychopharmacology; and John Dowling on vision. Colorful, intelligent, informative, The Enchanted Loom offers an authoritative and enjoyable look at the history of a complex and fascinating science.
Southern Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Pages : 568
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Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History
Author: American Museum of Natural History. Library
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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The Mill of Thought
Author: Forte di Belvedere (Florence, Italy)
Publisher: Mondadori Electa
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Mondadori Electa
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Jahrbuch für Europäische Wissenschaftskultur
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Sur les fonctions du cerveau et sur celles de chacune de ses parties: Sur l'origine des qualités morales et des facultés intellectuelles de l'homme, et sur les conditions de leur manifestation
Author: Franz Joseph Gall
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Category : Brain
Languages : fr
Pages : 502
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Category : Brain
Languages : fr
Pages : 502
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Sur Les Fonctions Du Cerveau Et Sur Celles De Chacune De Ses Parties
Author: Franz Joseph Gall
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Languages : fr
Pages : 475
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Languages : fr
Pages : 475
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