Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War

by Andreas Killen

Book Overview

In this eye-opening chronicle of scientific research on the brain in the early Cold War era, the acclaimed historian Andreas Killen traces the complex circumstances surrounding the genesis of our present-day fascination with this organ.

The 1950s were a transformative, even revolutionary decade in the history of brain science. Using new techniques for probing brain activity and function, researchers in neurosurgery, psychiatry,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062572660
• ISBN13: 9780062572660
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 336 Pages