History of the brain: on the shoulders of giants: The idea of the brain: A history, by Cobb M., 2020, London, Profile Books, Price: £ 21.71 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1781255896; pages 480

Few would argue against the assumption that writing a cohesive history of the brain is a challenging task. Most books dealing with the historical aspect of the neurosciences have been concerned wit...