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Item Details
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SOUL MADE FLESH
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| By: |
Carl Zimmer |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099441659 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099441656 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
3 March, 2005 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
How the secrets of the brain were uncovered in 17th century England? Among the revolutions of the seventeenth century was a revolution on the understanding of the brain and mind. It's central figure was a 17th century Englishman called Thomas Willis. This book tells Willis' story against the background of Civil War, regicide and Restoration. |
| Synopsis: |
At the beginning of the Europe's turbulent seventeenth century, no one knew how the brain worked. By the century's close, the science of the brain had taken root, helping to overturn many common misconceptions about the human body as well as to unseat centuries-old philosophies of man and God. Presiding over this evolution was the founder of modern neurology, Thomas Willis, a fascinating, sympathetic, even heroic figure who stands at the centre 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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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