A portrait of the brain / Adam Zeman.

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008], ©2008.

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.

Atom : I am tired -- Gene : don't fidget -- Protein : the light of dawn -- Organelle : metamorphoses -- Neuron : lost in translation -- Synapse : Dr Gelineau's dream -- Neural network : the sense of pre-existence -- Lobe : the art of losing -- Psyche : betrayal -- Sou l: the anatomy of the soul -- Epilogue : O magnum mysterium.