About this title: In this combination of medical history and biography, science essayist Carl Zimmer discusses the discovery of the human brain in 17th-century England, and the subsequent experiments that revealed how it functioned. Zimmer focuses closely on the work of a group of Oxford scientists including Thomas Willis, a doctor who performed the first autopsy on a human body, and whose dissections of the brain taught him what have become the foundations of modern neuroscience. He also discusses the work of Robert Boyle, who established the experimental method, and Robert Hooke, who coined the word "cell" ...
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Description: Fine. By Carl Zimmer; ISBN: 0743230388; Pub. : Free Press; Pub. Date: 2004-01-06; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 20.16 oz.; Excellent condition. Appears to have been gently read, if at all. Same day and Saturday shipping, Excellent customer service. Order inquiries receive prompt attention. Check out our feedback! by Carl Zimmer; ISBN: 0743230388; Pub. : Free Press; Pub. Date: 2004-01-06; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 20.16 oz.; Excellent condition. Appears to have been gently read, if at all. Same day ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743272056ISBN:0743272056
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight w/o creases, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, covers/pgs flat w/sharp corners, very slight shelf wear. 367 numbered pgs., Audience: General/trade. Photos/other info available by e-mail. Daily orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Books stored in smoke-free, climate controlled environment. Check our feedback. read more
Description: Good. 0743230388 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 44, 648. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780743230384ISBN:0743230388
Description: Good++ in Very Good jacket. About 35 pages show single vertical lines in margins marking particular passages, occasionally a single word underlined, no marginalia apart from the odd question mark; binding tight, text clean, no rips or tears, 367 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780434010462ISBN:0434010464
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