 Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
by Katrina Firlik
Now available in paperback!
Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, one of only two hundred or so women among the alpha males who dominate this high-pressure, high-prestige medical specialty. She is also a superbly gifted writer -- witty, insightful, at once deeply humane and refreshingly wry. In Another Day in the Frontal Lobe, Dr. Firlik draws on this rare combination to create a neurosurgeon’s Kitchen Confidential -- a unique insider’s memoir of a fascinating profession.
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"As the tofu comparison suggests, Dr. Firlik
likes vivid examples, and she has a gift for translating medical issues into
everyday terms..."
—New York Times
"This is a book of remarkable breadth, covering the state of the science and the art of the practice, the study of consciousness, personal stories... and the future of cognitive enhancement, transcranial magnetic stimulation and something called 'a brainlift.'"
—Los Angeles Times
"This witty and lucid first book demythologizes a complex medical specialty for those of us who aren't brain surgeons."
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New: Katrina Firlik will be appearing at The Idea Festival in
Louisville, Kentucky on September 25, 2008. For more appearances coming up, click here.
 What
could be more interesting than the human brain: the kidneys, the spleen,
the skin? There is nothing that rivals the human brain in
complexity, elegance, or mystery. Here is a random assortment of quotes, facts, and images that star the human brain.
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