Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century

The brain is a very complex and intricate organ. For many centuries scientists have been working to learn all they can about the organ that controls our daily lives. In the book Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century by Carl Schoonover he looks back at the scientific discoverers of the brain. Carl Schoonover is a associate research scientist at Columbia University. In 2012 Carl Schoonover gave a TED talk How to Look Inside the Brain that has gained about one million views. In Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century he explores the brain though images. Schoonover shows early sketches from the medieval times as well as modern images. In each chapter Schoonover shows images that show a different way to study the brain. Each chapter is introduced by a leading scientists in that field of study. ​