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Author Schoonover, Carl E.

Title Portraits of the mind : visualizing the brain from antiquity to the 21st century / Carl E. Schoonover ; foreword by Jonah Lehrer.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams, 2010.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  612.82 SCHOONOVER    Check Shelf
Description 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 229) and index.
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.
Subject Brain -- Anatomy -- Atlases.
Brain -- Imaging.
Brain -- anatomy & histology -- Atlases.
Brain -- anatomy & histology -- Essays.
Neurosciences -- history -- Atlases.
Neurosciences -- history -- Essays.
ISBN 9780810990333 alkaline paper
0810990334 alkaline paper
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