This comedic exploration of the history of science delves into ten brainy accidents and experiments that take us inside the brain to discover how it works. Written by neuroscience professor Caswell Barry, along with his good friend, children's book author Lucy Ann Unwin, "Inside Your Brain" takes readers on an unpredictable adventure through history to uncover ten revolutionary discoveries that led to our current understanding of how the brain operates.

The human brain is famously complex and difficult to understand. It is also essential to how we function – so much so that you can't just poke it to see what happens. However, if someone accidentally punctures their brain with a stick, we can learn a lot... Did the ancient Egyptians discover in battle that the brain was more important than they thought? Did Luigi Galvani send electric shocks through the legs of dead frogs and discover how brain cells work? Did the unfortunate accident of Phineas Gage on the railroads reveal that you can survive with a metal rod through your head because the brain operates in separate areas? Even some clueless kittens helped us understand how our brain develops.

This book also addresses the present and future of our ability to continue examining the brain, such as how we can learn a vast amount about how the brain processes information from AI, without experimenting on human subjects.

This fun and engaging in-depth look at the most astonishing area of science is sure to captivate and excite young readers.

Pages: 96, Publication Year: 0603, Dimensions: 19x19cm