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Author: Paul M. Matthews ,
Jeffrey McQuain ,
Diane Ackerman
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 2.40cm
, Height: 0.20cm
, Length: 2.30cm
Weight: 1.049kg
ISBN: 9780972383028
ISBN 10: 0972383026
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 April 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Matthews and McQuain have created an enjoyable book that exposes lay people to the remarkable advances in brain imaging and the questions that might be asked of brain science. --Heidi Roth, Journal of the American Medical Association --Heidi Roth Journal of the American Medical Association
Paul Matthews and Jeffrey McQuain have given us a new and fascinating insight into the works of Shakespeare and the workings of the human brain. I am honored to be included in this wonderful book. --Stacy Keach--Stacy Keach Journal of the American Medical Association Shakespeare investigated how the human mind works 400 years ago, whereas brain scientists today have the tools--such as positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging--to address the questions that fascinated Shakespeare. It is a happy partnership on the whole: Shakespeare sets the scene for a topic, then The Bard on the Brain raises the curtain on modern neuroscience's investigation of it, adding a bright array of brain scans and photographs from Shakespeare productions. . . . The Bard on the Brain is a valuable way in for anyone eager to learn about the mysteries of the mind and the latest exciting developments in brain science. --Eleanor Case, New Scientist--Eleanor Case New Scientist Matthews and McQuain have created an enjoyable book that exposes lay people to the remarkable advances in brain imaging and the questions that might be asked of brain science. --Heidi Roth, Journal of the American Medical Association--Heidi Roth Journal of the American Medical Association An entertaining primer on functional brain imaging --American Scientist--Eleanor Case American Scientist
Matthews and McQuain have created an enjoyable book that exposes lay people to the remarkable advances in brain imaging and the questions that might be asked of brain science.Heidi Roth, Journal of the American Medical Association -- Heidi Roth Journal of the American Medical Association
Author Information
Paul M. Matthews is the director of the University of Oxford's Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. Jeffrey McQuain is a language writer and Shakespeare scholar who is a popular speaker at Shakespeare festivals. He is the coauthor of Coined by Shakespeare: Words and Meanings First Used by the Bard and the author of several books on vocabulary and usage.
