The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, (Hardcover)

from drmaf

I don't think I enjoyed this as much as Keon's other books, perhaps because the subject material was always an uncomfortable reminder that catastrophic brain malfunction can happen to anyone. The cases of HM, who lost the ability to make and keep new memories, Phineas Gage, whose personality chan...

from awomanonabike

This is a history book of neuroscience told through the lives of people who have suffered brain damage in one form or another. One reviewer compares Kean favourably to Bill Bryson but I disagree. Kean has written a very readable book about the brain and how scientists have worked out, to a degree...

from Juva

A collection of strange and often gruesome stories about the development of Neurosurgery and how science has come to discover what we know today about the brain's function. Each case study highlights a certain sort of brain trauma and what that eventually taught us about the function and makeup o...

from hhornblower

My wife loves reading about brain related abnormalities and related scientific research, so when I saw this book, I didn't hesitate to get it for her. Needless to say, she loved it and said I should read it, which I did. The first thing that struck me, was why I had never heard of Mr. Kean before...

from Mavericklass

This is the third book I have read by this author and I think he's great. He makes reading about complicated scientific subjects fun and easier to understand for the lay person. I am enjoying the read and quickly sailing through the chapters.