The Idea of the Brain

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Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Philip Goff

as a very influential book that highlighted how little we know about the brain.

Mentioned as a book containing a wonderful line about the brain not being designed.

Mentioned by

David Eagleman

as an extraordinary history of neuroscience and how people have thought about the brain.

Mentioned as a wonderful book about the history of neuroscience from ancient beginnings to the present day, written by the guest

Matthew Cobb

Mentioned by

Byrd Pinkerton

as a book that explores how metaphors have shaped our understanding of the brain.

Recommended by

Sally Adee

for its discussion of the history of how we conceive of the brain.

Mentioned by Conor Boyle as one of

Matthew Cobb

's previously published books.

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