The idea of the brain: a History By Matthew Cobb

By:

Cobb, Matthew

Material type: Text

9781781255902

Subject(s):

Brain. Brain -- Research -- History. Neurosciences -- History

DDC classification:

612.8233 COB-I

Contents:

Past. Heart -- Forces -- Electricity -- Function -- Evolution -- Inhibition -- Neurons -- Machines -- Control -- Present. Memory -- Circuits -- Computers -- Chemistry -- Localisation -- Consciousness -- The future.

Summary: The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. Here's how we found out what we know so far. We've been trying to make sense of the link between our minds and our bodies since the very dawn of civilisation. Now the pace is hotting up. Join the biologist and historian Matthew Cobb (Life's Greatest Secret) to explore the weird theories, blasphemous experiments and terrifying operating theatres that got us here, to the cusp of revelation. Written with ambition and verve and rooted in a solid scientific explanation of the issues, The Idea of the Brain spans the centuries to reveal how the lives and works of a parade of philosophers, surgeons, mystics and neuroscientists have shaped the way we understand ourselves at the most profound level. From primitive dissections to the latest complex computational models of brain function, Cobb charts the course of this continuing quest, and prepares us for the astonishing discoveries to come.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	612.8233 COB-I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DCB3917
Book	Dept. of Malayalam	Dept. of Malayalam	612.8233 COB/I R1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MAL63261

Past. Heart --
Forces --
Electricity --
Function --
Evolution --
Inhibition --
Neurons --
Machines --
Control --
Present. Memory --
Circuits --
Computers --
Chemistry --
Localisation --
Consciousness --
The future.

The brain is the most complicated object in the universe. Here's how we found out what we know so far. We've been trying to make sense of the link between our minds and our bodies since the very dawn of civilisation. Now the pace is hotting up. Join the biologist and historian Matthew Cobb (Life's Greatest Secret) to explore the weird theories, blasphemous experiments and terrifying operating theatres that got us here, to the cusp of revelation. Written with ambition and verve and rooted in a solid scientific explanation of the issues, The Idea of the Brain spans the centuries to reveal how the lives and works of a parade of philosophers, surgeons, mystics and neuroscientists have shaped the way we understand ourselves at the most profound level. From primitive dissections to the latest complex computational models of brain function, Cobb charts the course of this continuing quest, and prepares us for the astonishing discoveries to come.

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