Phineas Gage

Subtitle: A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science Author(s): Fleischman, John Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Format: Paperback List Price:  Rs. 473 Category: Children Nonfiction ISBN-13: 9780618494781 ISBN-10: 0618494782 Language: English Pages: 86 Dimensions: 9.04x7.58x.31 in. Age Range: 8 - 12

Overview:

Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are.