Understanding the Brain: Complete Idiot's Guide

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The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Understanding the Brain includes coverage of: the first brain, from Homo Erectus to Leonardo; paging Dr. Frankenstein to the decade of the brain; anatomy 101: left brain/right brain, and bridging the hemispheres; the human computer--speaking, hearing, and making sense of it all.; the brain and everyday life--sex, sleep, and knee-jerk reactions; you've got brain--intelligence, creativity--and here size matters!; what happens when the computer crashes--conditions, disorders, and crossed wiring; and, brain treatment, couches, shocks, pills, and the dreaded knife.

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Author:   Arthur Bard ,  Mitchell Bard
Publisher:   Pearson Professional Education
Imprint:   Alpha Books
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780028643106

ISBN 10:   0028643100
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   10 July 2002
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Available  
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Arthur S. Bard, M.D., is the former chief of the neurosurgery section of Mercy and Sutter Hospitals (and a staff neurosurgeon for 30 years) and a past president of the Sacramento (CA) Neurological Society. He was an assistant clinical professor at UC Davis Medical Center for 25 years. Mitchell G. Bard, Ph.D., is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to World War II and The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to the Middle East Conflict.

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