Can you romp through the brain, learning as you go? I think that's what I just did. This was marvelously entertaining, rich in history with the gossipy details that bring these historical doctors and researchers to life.Kean recounts a history of brain research, starting from gross anatomy in the...
An amazing read if you've ever wanted to peel back the curtain on the periodic table. It's an excellent collection of stories about the roles many of the elements played in history and in the universe, and also the table and discoverers themselves.Starts to go beyond my depth a little in the last...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A dear friend recommended it to me, and I thought it could be a really heavy read, which I was but it was so FASCINATING. For the time I was reading this book, all I could talk about was the new things I had learned and what I found more interesting than the last t...