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Beynin Tarihi
Beynin Tarihi konu üzerine yazılmış ilk anlatısal kitap. İnsanlık tarihinde bugüne dek beyinle ilgili bilinen inançlar, düşünceler, keşifler, kafa karışıklıkları, yöntemler, kavramlar, deneyler, kuramlar ve tartışmalar kitapta akıcı bir dille anlatılıyor. Bütün bunlar beynin tarihine ve beyin bilimlerine katkıda bulunmuş kişilerin hikâyeleriyle paralel bir şekilde sunuluyor. Anlatıdaki hikâyeleri takip ederken sadece tarihini değil, beynin içinde ve beyin bilimleri alanında neler olup bittiğini de kavradığınızı fark edeceksiniz.
Beynin Tarihi beyinle ilgili tarihöncesi inançlardan tıbbın gelişmesiyle ortaya çıkan bilgi ve yöntemlere; anatomi, farmakoloji, fizyoloji, psikoloji, beyin cerrahisi, nörobilim gibi disiplinlerin doğuşuyla birlikte değişen beyin anlayışımıza ve bugünkü bilgilerimize kapsamlı ve tarihsel bir perspektif sağlıyor.
Andrew P. Wickens, amaçladığı gibi, "basit, anlamlı ve anlaşılır" bir biçimde "beynin tutarlı bir tarihini" anlatmayı başarmış. Wickens'ın 10 yılını alan bu çalışma, beyin hakkında mevcut bilgimize nasıl ulaştığımızı anlamak isteyen herkesin ilgisini çekecek.
Beynin Tarihi beyinle ilgili tarihöncesi inançlardan tıbbın gelişmesiyle ortaya çıkan bilgi ve yöntemlere; anatomi, farmakoloji, fizyoloji, psikoloji, beyin cerrahisi, nörobilim gibi disiplinlerin doğuşuyla birlikte değişen beyin anlayışımıza ve bugünkü bilgilerimize kapsamlı ve tarihsel bir perspektif sağlıyor.
Andrew P. Wickens, amaçladığı gibi, "basit, anlamlı ve anlaşılır" bir biçimde "beynin tutarlı bir tarihini" anlatmayı başarmış. Wickens'ın 10 yılını alan bu çalışma, beyin hakkında mevcut bilgimize nasıl ulaştığımızı anlamak isteyen herkesin ilgisini çekecek.
636 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2014
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December 6, 2015
4.5/5
Since the edition of the book I read was in english, I'll write my review in english. I hope I don't screw it up so much hahahahhaa.
Ok so, first of all: This is a Textbook... kind of. Wickens tries to tell us the history of neuroscience in a really different way. Instead of bringing up lots of data and numbers and dates and names and UGH, all that stuff that I hate from History books, he tries to tell it like a story. It's not like a novel or anything like it, but it also doesn't feel like a text book at all. The book wins at telling History in a really interesting way, even funny sometimes.
As a Psychology student, I found this book really useful. Sadly, it feels like it doesn't really explain every aspect of history, and just talks about the most important people. That's why I don't give it five stars. Plus, I really feel like you have to be a professional or a biological science student to understand what Wickens is talking about, and thats another reason.
Anyways, a great book for those students who are interested in learning more about the history of neuroscience.
EXTRA POINTS for having beautiful pictures and drawings from the prehistoric era and ancient Greece
Since the edition of the book I read was in english, I'll write my review in english. I hope I don't screw it up so much hahahahhaa.
Ok so, first of all: This is a Textbook... kind of. Wickens tries to tell us the history of neuroscience in a really different way. Instead of bringing up lots of data and numbers and dates and names and UGH, all that stuff that I hate from History books, he tries to tell it like a story. It's not like a novel or anything like it, but it also doesn't feel like a text book at all. The book wins at telling History in a really interesting way, even funny sometimes.
As a Psychology student, I found this book really useful. Sadly, it feels like it doesn't really explain every aspect of history, and just talks about the most important people. That's why I don't give it five stars. Plus, I really feel like you have to be a professional or a biological science student to understand what Wickens is talking about, and thats another reason.
Anyways, a great book for those students who are interested in learning more about the history of neuroscience.
EXTRA POINTS for having beautiful pictures and drawings from the prehistoric era and ancient Greece
December 6, 2019
I’ve long been on the lookout for a good single volume history of neuroscience. I found it recently in the form of Andrew P. Wickens’ A History of the Brain.
I come to it as someone who works in neuroscience, and while I’ve found a deeper exploration of things I knew about, thanks to this book I’ve also had the pleasure of discovering many things I didn’t. It’s accessible, and I think the author has done a great job of marrying enough detail for someone like me to use it as an overview and source book, but still making it interesting and accessible enough for a layman to enjoy it too. It’s not too big (my copy comes in at under 400 pages, front- and back-matter included), it does a fantastic job of connecting the streams across different fields, and as the title suggests it’s comprehensive. If I had one quibble, not really a complaint, it would be that I would like I bit more on the modern neuroscience bit, say the last 50 years or so. That would likely require another equivalent-sized book though so I understand why the focus rests where it does. Finally, the book is full of interesting images to illustrate the text which earn the cover price by themselves.
For more discussion, see my blog:
https://neurontosomething.wordpress.c...
I come to it as someone who works in neuroscience, and while I’ve found a deeper exploration of things I knew about, thanks to this book I’ve also had the pleasure of discovering many things I didn’t. It’s accessible, and I think the author has done a great job of marrying enough detail for someone like me to use it as an overview and source book, but still making it interesting and accessible enough for a layman to enjoy it too. It’s not too big (my copy comes in at under 400 pages, front- and back-matter included), it does a fantastic job of connecting the streams across different fields, and as the title suggests it’s comprehensive. If I had one quibble, not really a complaint, it would be that I would like I bit more on the modern neuroscience bit, say the last 50 years or so. That would likely require another equivalent-sized book though so I understand why the focus rests where it does. Finally, the book is full of interesting images to illustrate the text which earn the cover price by themselves.
For more discussion, see my blog:
https://neurontosomething.wordpress.c...
June 27, 2020
A compendious, enlightening, and engrossing historical overview of neuroscience, from the atavistic neuroimaging examination techniques of trepanning to the groundbreaking technologies of fMRI, PET, and CAT scans that render the visualization of our intricate brains infinitely easier than the former technique. This history of the study of the nervous system abounds with compelling insights and incisive analyses regarding the paths acclaimed neuroscientists and medical professionals followed to achieve their exhilarating neuroscientific discoveries and breakthroughs.
March 8, 2020
Wickens provides a comprehensive and highly entertaining history of neuroscience. The book chronologically follows the evolution of our understanding of the brain and the technology that allowed it for about 5000 years. From "animal spirits" to chemical neurotransmission, it is a fantastic journey as Wickens reveals the people (and their idiosyncrasies) behind the macro- and microanatomy of the brain. Great find!
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