Soul Made Flesh

How The Secrets of the Brain were uncovered in Seventeenth Century England

Carl Zimmer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2017
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78475-703-8 (ISBN)

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At the beginning of Europe's turbulent seventeenth century, no one knew how the brain worked. By the century's close, the science of the brain had taken root, helping to overturn many common misconceptions about the human body as well as to unseat centuries-old philosophies of man and God. Presiding over this evolution was the founder of modern neurology, Thomas Willis, a fascinating, sympathetic, even heroic figure who stands at the centre of an extraordinary group of scientists and philosophers known as the 'Oxford circle'. Chronicled here in vivid detail are their groundbreaking revelations and often gory experiments that first enshrined the brain as the chemical engine of reason, emotion, and madness - indeed as the very seat of the human soul.

Carl Zimmer writes the monthly essay in the US magazine Natural History, having inherited this position from Stephen Jay Gould.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	12
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	267 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-78475-703-9 / 1784757039
ISBN-13	978-1-78475-703-8 / 9781784757038
Zustand	Neuware