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Andreas Killen, "Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War" (Harper, 2023)

New Books in Neuroscience by New Books Network

Feb 1, 202653:20Science & Medicine

In this eye-opening chronicle of scientific research on the brain in the early Cold War era, the acclaimed historian Andreas Killen traces the complex circumstances surrounding the genesis of our present-day fascination...

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Andreas Killen, "Nervous Systems: Brain Science in the Early Cold War" (Harper, 2023) is an episode from New Books in Neuroscience by New Books Network. In this eye-opening chronicle of scientific research on the brain in the early Cold War...

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Published Feb 1, 2026, 53:20 long, audio available.