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A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain

by Sara Manning Peskin

★ PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake.

Publisher: Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
Publication date: 2022
Format: Print edition
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781324002376

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Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology Science: Cognitive Science Science: Life Sciences – Neuroscience

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