Postcards from the Brain Museum

Postcards from the Brain Museum The Improbable Search for Meaning in the Matter of Famous Minds

1st Edition

Hardback (01 Jan 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Traces the near-obsessive nineteenth-century research of top scientific minds to locate possible anatomical signs of genius, criminal behavior, and insanity, discussing the posthumous brain examinations of such figures as Albert Einstein, Walt Whitman, and Vladimir Lenin.

Book information

ISBN: 9780385501286
Publisher: Broadway Books
Imprint: Broadway Books
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 153
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 356
Weight: 653g
Height: 247mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 31mm