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Discoveries in the Human Brain

Neuroscience Prehistory, Brain Structure, and Function

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170u can climb back up a stream of radiance to the sky, and back through history up the stream of time. 1 -Robert Frost topics that he judged to be important in brain his­ From the last years of the second millennium, tory leading into the end of the century, and was we can look back on antecedent events in neuro­ undertaken in response to the enthusiasm gener­ science with amazement that so much of modern ated by exhibition at several national and interna­ biomedical science was anticipated, or even said or done, in an earlier time. That surprise can be tional meetings of a series oflarge posters for which matched by appreciation for what the pioneer Magoun wrote a 27-page brochure. The posters investigators, with no inkling that they were creat­ were viewed by a multitude of young neuroscien­ ing a discipline, contributed to its emergence as a tists who wanted more, as well as by mature inves­ productive force in human progress. In today's tigators who were warmly pleased to see familiar names and faces from the past. The acclaim was reductionist atmosphere, in which research at the molecular level is producing breathtaking new accompanied by a veritable deluge of requests for knowledge throughout biology, the student may an illustrated, expanded publication.

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". . .a remarkable work of science, art, and history. . .The rich heritage of neuroscience comes alive here, even for the general reader. . . fascinating and valuable reading"-Choice: Current Reviews of Academic Books

"This excellent book. . .should be of interest to neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroscientists, and others interested in the history of neuroscience."-Journal of the American Medical Association

". . . [a] very fine book. . .the reader will be impressed not only with the text, but also with the style and quality of presentation by Humana Press. The quality of the paper, the layout, and the reproductions of photographs are for the most part outstanding."-Einstein Quarterly

"...The book is filled with interesting pictures of contributing scientists and their laboratories, as well as figures and diagrams, and will be of interest to investigators actively involved in neuroscience research. The book is well written and easy to read. It is enjoyable from the historical standpoint and also valuable for the amount of neuroscientific data available in the text and the references...the book clearly accomplishes its objective to present the discoveries in the human brain and is highly recommended to all interested in this subject."-The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Louise H. Marshall, Horace W. Magoun

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Discoveries in the Human Brain

  • Book Subtitle: Neuroscience Prehistory, Brain Structure, and Function

  • Authors: Louise H. Marshall, Horace W. Magoun

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4997-7

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-435-8Published: 15 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-034-2Published: 05 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4997-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 323

  • Number of Illustrations: 283 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences

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