Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science (精装)
分類: 图书,进口原版书,Children's Books(儿童图书),People & Places(人物与地点),Biographies,
品牌: John Fleischman
基本信息出版社:HOUGHTON MIFFLIN (2002年3月25日)精装:86页ISBN:0618052526条形码:9780618052523产品尺寸及重量:23.5 x 19.9 x 1.4 cm ; 522 gASIN:0618052526商品描述内容简介Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science. At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, work, and travel, but he was changed. Gage "was no longer Gage," said his Vermont doctor, meaning that the old Phineas was dependable and well liked, and the new Phineas was crude and unpredictable. His case astonished doctors in his day and still fascinates doctors today. What happened and what didn't happen inside the brain of Phineas Gage will tell you a lot about how your brain works and how you act human.媒体推荐The true story of Phineas Cage, a man who lived through a horrible accident that left him with a hole in his brain in 1848. Photos.