Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century

by Carl Schoonover

Portraits of the Mind follows the fascinating history of our exploration of the brain through images, from medieval sketches and 19th-century drawings by the founder of modern neuroscience to images produced using state-of-the-art techniques, allowing us to see the fantastic networks in the brain as never before. These black-and-white and vibrantly colored images, many resembling abstract art, are employed daily by scientists around the world, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810990334
• ISBN13: 9780810990333
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 9.8"