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The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world
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The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world

Author: Iain McGilchrist
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2010, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Why is the brain divided? The difference between right and left hemispheres has been puzzled over for centuries. This book draws on a vast body of brain research, illustrated with case histories, to  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Iain McGilchrist
ISBN: 9780300168921 0300168926
OCLC Number: 632079712
Notes: Originally published: 2009.
Description: ix, 534 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Contents: Asymmetry and the brain --
What do the two hemispheres 'do'? --
Language, truth, and music --
The nature of the two worlds --
The primacy of the right hemisphere --
The triumph of the left hemisphere --
Imitation and the evolution of culture --
The ancient world --
The Renaissance and the Reformation --
The Enlightenment --
Romanticism and the Industrial Revolution --
The modern and post-modern worlds.
Responsibility: Iain McGilchrist.
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"'A landmark new book... It tells a story you need to hear, of where we live now.' Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times 'A giant in his vital field shows convincingly that the degeneracy of the West Read more...

 
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