Matthew Cobb

@matthewcobb

Professor of Zoology (Manchester). Historian of science and of French Resistance. Out March 2020 – The Idea of the Brain: A History.

Manchester, UK
Vrijeme pridruživanja: ožujak 2007.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. 2. velj
    Odgovor korisniku/ci
  2. 31. sij

    I’m a bit tiddled (I was with my mum when she died earlier today, which is a pretty good reason to be tiddled I reckon), so this, about ⁦⁩’s David Copperfield, in ⁦⁩, was a genuine LOL.

  3. 30. sij

    Cracking letter in today’s ⁦

  4. 30. sij

    If you want to know the truth about human evolution, got it right a few years back:

  5. 29. sij
  6. 28. sij

    US cover of my book, from . Out in April in US (March in UK).

  7. 25. sij
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    Hey whoever you are, your accounts got a thanks in my brain book. Can send it to you if you want to review it for your blog.

  8. 25. sij

    Here’s a taster of one of the 30-odd illustrations that feature in my forthcoming book The Idea of the Brain.

  9. 23. sij

    And so it begins

  10. 23. sij

    Enticing pull quote from this ⁦⁩ review of two books by Silvina Ocampo.

  11. 22. sij

    Bizarre spam mail of the morning. I can think of lots of words to describe having a heart attack in the presence of my family, but “humiliating” isn’t one of them.

  12. 21. sij

    An obituary of my friend and, from 1984-93, my boss and close collaborator, Jean-Marc Jallon, who died back in September. He shaped the field of insect chemical communication, in particular in Drosophila.

  13. 21. sij

    Beaver synchronicity in my tl rn

  14. 21. sij

    And we’re done. The brain book has gone to press. Woop woop!Thanks and at and at . Loads of b/w illustrations and 14 colour plates! US subtitle is ‘the past and future of neuroscience’. Out in March (UK), April (US).

  15. 20. sij

    Interesting. Have we reached peak brain? Number of articles in Web of Science with the word 'brain' in title or keyword. We have a plateau, folks! (yes, there was one 20 years ago too, but still...)

  16. 19. sij

    This slow TV trip round New Zealand is so sunlit and empty of people it feels like it should have a Chemical Brothers soundtrack.

  17. 19. sij
    Odgovor korisniku/ci

    How about if when you tap on the screen in camera, you get a box for focus/light, yes? There’s a little sun to the right; if you tap on that you get a vertical line and you can change the exposure by moving the sun up or down.

  18. 16. sij
    Odgovor korisniku/ci
  19. 16. sij

    Final proof stage. press the Big Button on the printing press on Monday.

  20. 16. sij

    Yes, I have ordered a new book on Extraterrestrial Languages.

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