Portraits of the mind : visualizing the brain from antiquity to the 21st century
- Author/Creator:
- Schoonover, Carl E.
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Abrams, 2010
- Format:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Portraits of the mind : visualizing the brain from antiquity to the 21st century / Carl Schoonover ; foreword by Jonah Lehrer
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Atlases
Essays - Subjects:
- Brain--Anatomy--Atlases
Brain--Imaging
Brain--anatomy & histology
Neurosciences--history
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Early history : from Galen to Golgi / essay by Nicholas Wade -- The birth of modern neuroscience : Santiago RamoĢn y Cajal / essay by Javier DeFelipe -- After Cajal : from black and white to color / essay by Joshua R. Sanes -- Breaking the diffraction barrier : from cells to molecules / essay by Maryann E. Martone and Mark H. Ellisman -- Electricity in the brain / essay based on an interview with Michael Goldberg -- The brain as circuit / essay by Terrence Sejnowski -- From brain structure to brain function / essay by Joy Hirsch.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990016589400302486
- ISBN:
- 9780810990333 (alk. paper)
0810990334 (alk. paper) - OCLC Number:
- 505419613
- Barcode:
- 010002513190
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