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Beyond the Zonules of Zinn : A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (349 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674020429
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond the Zonules of ZinnDDC classification:
  • 611/.8
LOC classification:
  • QM451
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- I. A Grand Tour of Terra Incognita -- 1. Skull Marrow -- 2. Servants and Guards of the Great King -- 3. The Brain as Geography -- 4. A River Runs Through It -- 5. Leonardo's Butterfly -- 6. Interlude -- II. An Assault on the Senses -- 7. A Forest So Dense -- 8. The Little Fish Who Never Grew Up -- 9. The Brain as Archaeology -- 10. Beauty Is in the Eye of the, er, Squid -- 11. Hillocks, Buttocks, Blindsight, and Black Stuff -- 12. Stinkin' and Thinkin' -- 13. Into the Marriage Chamber for Some Sexy Synesthesia -- 14. Why Is "D" Brown? -- 15. Interlude -- III. Where All the Mind May Be Found? -- 16. The Brain as Engineering -- 17. The Apparent Disorder of the Cerebral Jungle -- 18. The Seahorse and the Almond -- 19. The Hard Question -- Epilogue: No Turning Back -- Further Reading -- Index.
Summary: In his latest book, Bainbridge combines an otherworldly journey through the central nervous system with an accessible and entertaining account of how the brain's anatomy has often misled anatomists about its function. Bainbridge uses the structure of the brain to set his book apart from the many volumes that focus on brain function.
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Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- I. A Grand Tour of Terra Incognita -- 1. Skull Marrow -- 2. Servants and Guards of the Great King -- 3. The Brain as Geography -- 4. A River Runs Through It -- 5. Leonardo's Butterfly -- 6. Interlude -- II. An Assault on the Senses -- 7. A Forest So Dense -- 8. The Little Fish Who Never Grew Up -- 9. The Brain as Archaeology -- 10. Beauty Is in the Eye of the, er, Squid -- 11. Hillocks, Buttocks, Blindsight, and Black Stuff -- 12. Stinkin' and Thinkin' -- 13. Into the Marriage Chamber for Some Sexy Synesthesia -- 14. Why Is "D" Brown? -- 15. Interlude -- III. Where All the Mind May Be Found? -- 16. The Brain as Engineering -- 17. The Apparent Disorder of the Cerebral Jungle -- 18. The Seahorse and the Almond -- 19. The Hard Question -- Epilogue: No Turning Back -- Further Reading -- Index.

In his latest book, Bainbridge combines an otherworldly journey through the central nervous system with an accessible and entertaining account of how the brain's anatomy has often misled anatomists about its function. Bainbridge uses the structure of the brain to set his book apart from the many volumes that focus on brain function.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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