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Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated foetuses. The is story of a major breakthrough in cell biology.
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For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards.
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What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the face of the world's economic crisis? This title takes us on a journey through our everyday lives and most common emotions.
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Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a cat lady's love for felines? And how did the right combination of genes create the exceptionally flexible thumbs and fingers of a truly singular violinist? This title explains how genetics has shaped our past and how DNA will determine humankind's future.
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Science is just one way of looking at life. She struggled for control by using her scientific knowledge to analyse his medical condition.
In this moving account of her father's last year, love, grief and hope are intertwined with a crystal-clear scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work.
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Published January, 2007
By Ruth Mckernan
Publisher: Black Swan
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By Ruth Mckernan
Publisher: Black Swan
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Science is just one way of looking at life. As a neuroscientist working at the forefront of medical research, it is Ruth McKernan's way. Here, she presents an account of her father's last year intertwining love, grief and hope with scientific explanation of the way our brains and bodies work.
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