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The Dying of Enoch Wallace: Life, Death, and the Changing Brain |
| By Black, Ira B. | |
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Until recently, theories of the brain and its diseases, and how it gives rise to mind and emotions were based on the model of a static, non-renewable network of nerve cells and their connections. Then, seemingly overnight, a revolutionary new conception of the brain emerged in the mid-1990s. The sudden convergence of discoveries that had been building over decades led to the revelation that, far from being an immutable black box, the brain is a plastic, ever-changing marvel, no less dynamic than our thoughts and emotions—a complex system that is continually shaped and reshaped by a subtle interplay of genetic cues and life experiences.
To bridge the gap between abstract concepts and real world experience, renowned neuroscientist Ira B. Black uses the decline of Enoch Wallace, a fictionalized Alzheimer’s patient, to illuminate the fascinating story of modern neuroscience, drawing us into the world of discovery and scientists, with all their color, idiosyncrasies and genius.
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Ira B. Black, M.D., is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is past president of the 28,000-member Society for Neuroscience of North America and he is currently Chairman of the Society's Public Information committee. His pioneering research has earned him numerous honors and awards, including the Jacob Javits Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award, the Viktor Hamburger Award, the Irman T. Hirschl Trust Award, and the McKnight Award.
10.1036/0071374485Format: eBook,
260 pages.
Pub date: 30 Sep 2000
Copyright: 2001
$24.95 US
Product Line: McGraw-Hill
