Conversations With Neil's Brain: The Neural Nature Of Thought And Language - Hardcover

Calvin, William H; Ojemann, George A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201632179 ISBN 13: 9780201632170

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Neil is an epileptic undergoing surgery which necessitates mapping his brain, and his case is used as a vehicle to explain the workings of the brain to a general audience. Calvin is a neurophysiologist and Ojemann a neurosurgeon; but neither is a great writer, and the information, though inherently fascinating, is bogged down in fictional conversations and "novelistic" narrative. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Author:

It's a tour of the human cerebral cortex, conducted from the operating room, and has been on the New Scientist bestseller list of science books. It is suitable for biology and cognitive neuroscience supplementary reading lists.

About the Author:

William H. Calvin, Ph.D., a neurophysiologist at the University of Washington, is the author of The Throwing Madonna and The River that Flows Uphill.

George A. Ojemann, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the University of Washington, collaborated with Dr. Calvin on their earlier book, Inside the Brain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0201632179
• ISBN 13: 9780201632170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 343