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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Additional/Related Title Information

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 Ramón 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