A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience (The MIT Press)
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Author: Charles G. Gross
Publisher: MIT Press
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 9780262517331
ISBN 13: 978-0262517331
Essays on great figures and important issues, advances and blind alleys—from trepanation to the discovery of grandmother cells—in the history of brain sciences.
Review
Readers not familiar with Gross' other works should read them along with the entertaining, stimulating, and informative chapters in A Hole in the Head.―Helen Bynum, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Readers not familiar with Gross' other works should read them along with the entertaining, stimulating, and informative chapters in A Hole in the Head.―Helen Bynum, The Journal of the American Medical Association (
Reviews)
Review
A delight and a treasure-trove. As expected from Charles Gross's earlier historical writings, this is a marvelous temporal travelogue, from the Greeks to contemporary scientists, and with many surprises along the way. All of it is invaluable to the historian of neuroscience, but it also includes closely-argued discussion of some contemporary issues. Of special interest is the section on scientists who were 'before their time,' some of whom are still waiting for their time in the spotlight. A hole-in-one several times over.―Lawrence Weiskrantz, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Oxford (Endorsement)
About the Author
Charles G. Gross, a neuroscientist specializing in vision and the functions of the cerebral cortex, is Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. He is the author of Brain, Vision, Memory: Tales in the History of Neuroscience (MIT Press, 1998).
