When the Air Hits Your Brain
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When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick

1996•Biography•272 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentarydramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growth

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Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is serious, moving and inventive. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

Neurosurgery is an arrogant and yet intensely humbling occupation. Physicists might distill Creation into a few differential equations and biologists see life's wonders in a DNA helix. Only the neurosurgeon actually touches the fleshy incarnation of Nature's greatest mystery - the human brain - and runs the risks that come with it. The true mystery of neurosurgery lies in the lifelines of surgeon and patient.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryDramaHuman spirit/resilience/survivalEmpowerment/personal growth

Subjects

NeurosurgeonsMiscellaneaBrainPatientsSurgeryNervous systemBiographyWounds and injuries

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Author
Frank T. Vertosick
Published
1996
Pages
272
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