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| View Larger Image | Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
by John Fleischman
| | List Price: | $9.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 142929 | | Studio: | Houghton Mifflin | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Reading Level: | Ages 9-12 | | Number Of Pages: | 96 | | Publication Date: | November 01, 2004 | | Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
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Product Description
Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 15 reviews)
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Science buffs will love this one. 
Phineas Gage survived for about 10 years after a 13-pound iron rod shot through his brain while he was working on building a railroad. The events of September 13, 1848 changed not only Gage's life, but the course of brain science as well.
The author mixes accounts of Gage's life before and after the accident with scientific explanations. Illustrations such as photographs, drawings, and diagrams help explain Gage's life and how the brain works.
July 02, 2008 | |
Cool Facts 
The book is based on real life events, and the author does a great job in explaining them. I bought the book so I could use it as an example for my presentation on traumatic brain injuries; I got an A!!!
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
March 01, 2008 | |
So Interesting!
This book gives the plain facts on Phineas Gage. In 1848, Gage, a railroad foreman, suffers an accident in which a 13 lb. iron rod shoots completely through his skull. Phineas doesn't even lose consciousness. He sits outside on a porch chatting it up while waiting for the doctor to arrive. Even with the limited neuroscience information avaible in this time, Gage survived to live a somewhat normal life, but his personality was completely changed, which sparked a lot of thought and innovation in the study of the brain. This novel gives the plain facts regarding this astonishing slice of American history, outlining the accident, and Phineas' life story. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a short but thorough account of the Phineas Gage story.
March 30, 2007 | |
Lucky or Unlucky? 
At the beginning of the book you are told to pay attention and at the end, decide whether or not Mr. Gage was lucky or not. This book was fantastic. I'm not a blood and guts person, and I thought this book would be ALL blood and guts. This book turned out to be better than expected. The text is easy to understand, and Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science had phenominal pictures. I would suggest this book to anyone.
February 02, 2007 | |
Phineas's pipe momment
This is a very cool/or sad story. It took place in Vermont in 1848. In a mine working with explosives, Phineas was working and a pile of pipes were about 13 feet away when explosives went off and a pipe went threw Phineas's head and he survived. This story is great for ages anyone 11 to 13.
The book is mainly about brain science. This book shows where the accident happened and how doctors learned more about the human brain. It also shows what part of the brain controls what in or out of your body. It shows how the pipe went in his head and it shows it from different angles. I think that the book is a thrill ride threw the human brain. John Fleischman's writing is fantastic. The Pipe is their to, right in the book and on it these words are printed, "This is the bar that went threw Phinea's head on September 14th, 1848." The weird thing is that Phineas lived for 10 more years after he got the pipe through his head. At first it was about Phineas's life but then it told about the brain of Phineas and how the pipe went through his head. The book is GREAT.
November 28, 2006 | |
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