Creating Modern Neuroscience: The Revolutionary 1950s

by Gordon M. Shepherd

For modern scientists, history often starts with last week's journals and is regarded as largely a quaint interest compared with the advances of today. However, this book makes the case that, measured by major advances, the greatest decade in the history of brain studies was mid-twentieth century, especially the 1950s. The first to focus on worldwide contributions in this period, the book ranges through dozens of astonishing discoveries at all levels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195391500
• ISBN13: 9780195391503
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"