Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century

Camillo Golgi (1875). Courtesy of Dr. Paolo Mazzarello, University of Pavia - Department of Experimental Medicine - Section of General Pathology. Drawing of a dog’s olfactory bulb by Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi. The features that appear here were revealed by a revolutionary method for staining nervous tissue that bears his name.

Camillo Golgi (1875). Courtesy of Dr. Paolo Mazzarello, University of Pavia - Department of Experimental Medicine - Section of General Pathology. Drawing of a dog’s olfactory bulb by Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi. The features that appear here were revealed by a revolutionary method for staining nervous tissue that bears his name.

An illustrated lecture and book signing with Carl Schoonover, author of Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century
Date: Thursday, November 18
Time: 8:00
Admission: $5
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
Books will be available for sale and signing.

Tonight author Carl Schoonover will discuss his new book Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century (Abrams). Join us for a fascinating exploration of the brain through images. These beautiful black-and-white and vibrantly colored images, many resembling abstract art, are employed daily by scientists around the world, but most have never before been seen by the general public. From medieval sketches and 19th-century drawings by the founder of modern neuroscience to images produced using state-of-the-art techniques, we are invited to witness the fantastic networks in the brain. The result is a peek at the mind’s innermost workings, helping us to understand, and offering clues about what may lie ahead. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Carl Schoonover graduated from Harvard College in 2006 with a degree in philosophy and is currently a doctoral student in Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University Medical Center. He has written on neuroscience for the general public in such publications as Le Figaro, Commentaire, and LiveScience. In 2008 he cofounded NeuWrite, a collaborative working group for scientists, writers, and those in between. He hosts the radio show Wednesday Morning Classical on WCKR 89.9 FM, which focuses on opera, classical music, and their relationship to the brain.

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