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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

- A Memoir of Madness and Recovery
Af: Dr Barbara K.Lipska Engelsk Paperback

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

- A Memoir of Madness and Recovery
Af: Dr Barbara K.Lipska Engelsk Paperback
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''Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down.'' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, prize-winning author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

- Who are we if our brain fails?
- How do we think?
- How do we feel?
- How do we move, if we move at all?
- What happens when we lose our mind?

When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska''s melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - a specialist in how the brain operates - experienced what it is like to go mad. Analyzing the science of the mind and the biology of the brain alongisde Dr Lipska''s own extraordinary story, this is a fascinating account of what happens when the brain goes awry.

''Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air ... Barbara Lipska''s remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains.'' Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played

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''Completely compelling and powerful, and hard to put down.'' Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, prize-winning author of Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain

- Who are we if our brain fails?
- How do we think?
- How do we feel?
- How do we move, if we move at all?
- What happens when we lose our mind?

When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska''s melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness - a specialist in how the brain operates - experienced what it is like to go mad. Analyzing the science of the mind and the biology of the brain alongisde Dr Lipska''s own extraordinary story, this is a fascinating account of what happens when the brain goes awry.

''Oliver Sacks-meets-When Breath Becomes Air ... Barbara Lipska''s remarkable story illuminates the many mysteries of our fragile yet resilient brains.'' Lisa Genova, bestselling author of Still Alice and Every Note Played

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780552174268
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0552174262
Udg. Dato: 21 feb 2019
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato: 21 feb 2019
Forfatter(e): Dr Barbara K.Lipska
Forfatter(e) Dr Barbara K.Lipska


Kategori Håndtering af sygdom og diagnoser


ISBN-13 9780552174268


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 11mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 21 feb 2019


Oplagsdato 21 feb 2019


Forlag Transworld Publishers Ltd