Gray matters

a biography of brain surgery
Theodore H Schwartz
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"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--

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Main Author: Schwartz, Theodore H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
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505 0 |a Prologue -- I: Beginnings. The myth -- The training -- Penetrating head trauma -- Head-on collisions -- Sports neurosurgery -- II: How do brain surgeons think?. Weighing the risks -- Where to begin? -- The hardest part is knowing when to stop -- Journey to the center of the brain -- A timebomb in the brain -- Too close for comfort -- III: Who's in charge?. Psychosurgery or psycho surgeon? -- Luck favors the prepared mind -- What is it like to be a brain? -- We tell ourselves stories in order to live -- The terminal man -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
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