Emil Du Bois-Reymond: Neuroscience, Self, and Society in Nineteenth-Century Germany

by Gabriel Finkelstein

A biography of an important but largely forgotten nineteenth-century scientist whose work helped lay the foundation of modern neuroscience.

Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818-1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture. This biography by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019507
• ISBN13: 9780262019507
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher