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Throughout the twentieth century, neuronal researchers knew the adult human brain to be a thoroughly fixed and immutable cellular structure, devoid of any developmental potential. This is a study of the efforts of a few Parisian neurobiologists to overturn this rigid conception of the central nervous system.

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"One of the most engaging and quirky anthropological monographs I have read in recent years." * Dialectical Anthropology *

Table of Contents
Illustrations The Ground of the Argument
Note on Technical Terms
Acknowledgments

On Growth and Form
1. ENTRY
Observation
2. RELATIONAL
Regional Rationalities
3. CONCEPTUAL
Histories of Truth
4. NOCTURNAL
Vital Concepts
5. EXPERIMENTAL
Plastic Anatomies of the Living
6. ETHICAL
Humility
7. LETTING GO
The Plastic

Coda: Plasticity after 2003
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520288126, 978-0520288126
      ISBN10: 0520288122

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Throughout the twentieth century, neuronal researchers knew the adult human brain to be a thoroughly fixed and immutable cellular structure, devoid of any developmental potential. This is a study of the efforts of a few Parisian neurobiologists to overturn this rigid conception of the central nervous system.

      Trade Review
      "One of the most engaging and quirky anthropological monographs I have read in recent years." * Dialectical Anthropology *

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations The Ground of the Argument
      Note on Technical Terms
      Acknowledgments

      On Growth and Form
      1. ENTRY
      Observation
      2. RELATIONAL
      Regional Rationalities
      3. CONCEPTUAL
      Histories of Truth
      4. NOCTURNAL
      Vital Concepts
      5. EXPERIMENTAL
      Plastic Anatomies of the Living
      6. ETHICAL
      Humility
      7. LETTING GO
      The Plastic

      Coda: Plasticity after 2003
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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