Tell your friends about this item:
The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery Sam Kean
Price
$ 16.99
excl. VAT
Ordered from remote warehouse
Expected delivery Dec 24 - Jan 2, 2026
Christmas presents can be returned until 31 January
Our customers say:
Add to your iMusic wish list
The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
Sam Kean
For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards.
496 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 26, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781784161033 |
| Publishers | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 197 × 130 × 33 mm · 346 g |
| Language | English |
More by Sam Kean
Show all
![Cover for Sam Kean · The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements (Paperback Book) [Young Readers edition] (2019)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/276/9780316388276.jpg?sam-kean-2019-the-disappearing-spoon-and-other-true-tales-of-rivalry-adventure-and-the-history-of-the-world-from-the-periodic-table-of-the-elements-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1569260852)
![Cover for Sam Kean · The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code (Paperback Book) [Reprint edition] (2013)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/331/9780316182331.jpg?sam-kean-2013-the-violinist-s-thumb-and-other-lost-tales-of-love-war-and-genius-as-written-by-our-genetic-code-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1409569050)
![Cover for Sam Kean · The disappearing spoon (Book) [1st edition] (2010)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/644/9780316051644.jpg?sam-kean-2010-the-disappearing-spoon-book&class=scaled&v=1621208327)
Others have also bought
![Cover for Bill Bryson · En kort historie om næsten alt (Bound Book) [3rd edition] (2015)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/978/9788702177978.jpg?bill-bryson-2015-en-kort-historie-om-naesten-alt-bound-book&class=scaled&v=1535100483)
![Cover for Victoria Hislop · De der er elsket (Paperback Book) [2nd edition] (2021)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/046/9788771164046.jpg?victoria-hislop-2021-de-der-er-elsket-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1612616486)
![Cover for Stieg Larsson · Millennium-serien: Mænd der hader kvinder (Paperback Book) [6th edition] (2015)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/405/9788771464405.jpg?stieg-larsson-2015-millennium-serien-maend-der-hader-kvinder-paperback-book&class=scaled&v=1432821743)
See all of Sam Kean ( e.g. Paperback Book , CD , Hardcover Book , Book and Audiobook (CD) )