Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets by George Newbern, Luke Dittrich

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

George Newbern, Luke Dittrich

480 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology science reflective slow-paced

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For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Hare with Amber Eyes comes a propulsive, haunting journey into the secret history of brain science by Luke Dittrich, whose grandfather performed the surgery that created the most studied ...

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