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The Fragile Brain: The strange, hopeful science of dementia

The Fragile Brain: The strange, hopeful science of dementia Hardcover - 2016 - 1st Edition

by Taylor, Kathleen

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Oxford University Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 9x5x1. Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine: firm and square, strong joints, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: showing well, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks and feels unread. Size: 240mm x 165mm. Pages: 353. Fully indexed. Thus a nearly new, if not new copy.
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  • Title The Fragile Brain: The strange, hopeful science of dementia
  • Author Taylor, Kathleen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
  • Date 2016
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 129830
  • ISBN 9780198726081 / 0198726082
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Brain, Alzheimer's disease
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016942581
  • Dewey Decimal Code 610

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About the author

Kathleen Taylor, Research scientist in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford

Dr Kathleen Taylor studied physiology and philosophy at the University of Oxford. After a research MSc at Stirling University, working on brain chemistry, she returned to Oxford to do a DPhil in visual neuroscience and postdoctoral work on cognitive neuroscience. In 2002 she won two writing competitions run by the Times Higher Education Supplement, one for science writing and one for an essay in the humanities/social sciences. She has written on a range of topics from consciousness to cruelty, including several books published by OUP in the last decade: Brainwashing (2004), Cruelty (2009) and The Brain Supremacy (2012).

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