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Sam Kean, “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” (Little, Brown and Co., 2015)

Sam Kean, “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” (Little, Brown and Co., 2015)

FromNew Books in Science


Sam Kean, “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” (Little, Brown and Co., 2015)

FromNew Books in Science

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Apr 26, 2018
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Early studies of the functions of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike—strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, lobotomies, horrendous accidents-and see how the victim coped. In many cases survival was miraculous, and observers could only marvel at the transformations that took place afterward, altering victims’ personalities....
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Released:
Apr 26, 2018
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