Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Brain: A Beautiful Thing



Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain From Antiquity to the 21st Centruy

I'm on a brain kick this morning, but this link goes to an incredible slideshow of brain images captured in the book, "Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain From Antiquity to the 21st Century," by Carl Schoonover. One of the things I love to collect are old maps and sketches from the18th and 19th century. Seeing some of the early renderings of the brain is fascinating, especially compared to the intricate and colorful images that MRI and electron highlighting can afford us today.





http://www.independent.co.uk/

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