Franz Joseph Gall: Naturalist of the Mind, Visionary of the Brain

by Stanley Finger and Paul Eling

Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was always a controversial figure, as was his doctrine, later called phrenology. Although often portrayed as a discredited buffoon, who believed he could assess a person's strengths and weaknesses by measuring cranial bumps, he was, in fact, a serious physician-scientist, who strove to answer timely questions about the mind, brain, and behavior. In many ways a remarkable visionary, his seminal ideas would become tenets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190464623
• ISBN13: 9780190464622
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.1" x 10.1"