The Idea of the Brain: A History, Matthew Cobb learning & self improvement 'A good story like this

'A good story like this needs a quiet afternoon

nor are we likely to ‘take tea’ with the Queen

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fast paced well plotted and I was hooked from the start

The Idea of the Brain: A History, Matthew Cobb learning & self improvement 'A good story like thisShortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe: the human brain. Today we tend to picture it as a computer. Earlier scientists thought about it in their own technological terms: as a telephone switchboard, or a clock, or all manner of fantastic mechanical or hydraulic devices. Could the right metaphor unlock the its deepest secrets once and for all? Galloping