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Discovering the Brain

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Size: 194 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1992


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by Sandra Ackerman for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
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The brain . . . no other part of the human anatomy is so intriguing. How does it develop and function, and why does it sometimes tragically degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman ...
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The brain . . . no other part of the human anatomy is so intriguing. How does it develop and function, and why does it sometimes tragically degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public, detailing what we know about the brain and what researchers may be able to accomplish in the next 10 years.

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"Discovering the Brain ... looks like a certain hit." --Scientific American

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