Bibliograph

Unthinkable, an extraordinary journey through the world's strangest brains, Helen Thomson

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Unthinkable, an extraordinary journey through the world's strangest brains, Helen Thomson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unthinkable

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1030274175

Responsibility statement

Helen Thomson

Sub title

an extraordinary journey through the world's strangest brains

Summary

"Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary cases." -- Book jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The strange life of the brain -- Bob: never forgetting a moment -- Sharon: Being permanently lost -- Rubén: seeing auras -- Tommy: switching personalities -- Sylvia: an endless hallucination -- Matar: turning into a tiger -- Louise: becoming unreal -- Graham: waking up dead -- Joel: feeling other people's pain -- Conclusion: Nothing is unthinkable

Target audience

adult

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Extraordinary journey through the world's strangest brains

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