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Gray matters : a biography of brain surgery
Published [2024] by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [New York]
ISBN 9780593474105
Bib Id 1458672
Copyright 2024
Description 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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cam a22 8i 4500
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2023051217
ISBN
9780593474105 (hardcover) $32.00
0593474104
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617.481 S
Title
Gray matters : a biography of brain surgery
Publication Information
[2024] by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [New York] :
Copyright Date
©2024
Description
496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-476) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- I: Beginnings. The myth -- The training -- Penetrating head trauma -- Head-on collisions -- Sports neurosurgery -- II: How do brain surgeons think?. Weighing the risks -- Where to begin? -- The hardest part is knowing when to stop -- Journey to the center of the brain -- A timebomb in the brain -- Too close for comfort -- III: Who's in charge?. Psychosurgery or psycho surgeon? -- Luck favors the prepared mind -- What is it like to be a brain? -- We tell ourselves stories in order to live -- The terminal man -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary
"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--
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