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Phineas Gage : A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science
Overview
Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780618494781
- ISBN-10: 0618494782
- Publisher: Clarion Books
- Publish Date: November 2004
- Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 96
- Reading Level: Ages 10-12
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