Gray Matters
A Biography of Brain Surgery
Published on 13. August 2024
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-593-47410-5 (ISBN)
Description
"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-593-47410-5 (9780593474105)
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08/2024
Dutton
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Person
THEODORE H. SCHWARTZ, MD, is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York City, one of the busiest and highest-ranked neurosurgery centers in the world. He has published more than five hundred scientific articles and chapters on neurosurgery, and has lectured around the world—from Bogotá to Vienna to Mumbai—on new, minimally invasive surgical techniques that he helped develop. His book, Gray Matters. A Biography of Brain Surgery, published by Dutton/Penguin-Random House, was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2024. His writing has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Psyche, The British Psychological Society, LitHub, and MedPage Today. Dr. Schwartz is currently the CEO of a med tech company, Illumination Diagnostics, Inc.. He studied philosophy, literature, and medicine at Harvard.