I am producing this site to share some subjects of interest to me with my friends and anyone else who may wish to.
You will see that three major areas are involved: Brain Research, Anatomy, and Aviation History.
So far, there are the following subjects:
About me:
Brain research:
The camel brain: ENHG
The Anatomical Society:
A short history of the Anatomical Society
Archive photographs of meetings
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Translations: (click for details)
Neuronal Man - The Biology of Mind (1985) Pantheon Books, New York
Translated from Jean-Pierre Changeux (1983) "L'Homme Neuronal", Fayard, Paris
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The Population Alternative (1986) Pantheon Books, New York
Translated from Jacques Ruffié (1982) "Traité du Vivant", Fayard, Paris
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Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex (1994) Smith-Gordon, London
Translated from Korbinian Brodmann (1909) "Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde in ihren Prinzipien dargestellt auf Grund des Zellenbaues", Barth, Leipzig
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The Paradox of Sleep - The Story of Dreaming (1999) MIT Press, Cambridge
Translated from Michel Jouvet (1992) “Le Sommeil et le Rêve”, Odile Jacob, Paris
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New research findings on the anatomy of the cerebral cortex of special relevance to anthropological questions (2004) University of Queensland Press. Translated by GN Elston and LJ Garey from Korbinian Brodmann (1913) "Neue Forschungsergebnisse der Grosshirnrindenanatomie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung anthropologischer Fragen"
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The Castle of Dreams (2008) MIT Press, Cambridge.
Translated from Michel Jouvet (1992) “Le Château des Songes”, Odile Jacob, Paris
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Your Brain and Your Self - What you need to know (2008)
Springer, Heidelberg
Translated from Jacques Neirynck (2006) "Le Cerveau", Favre, Lausanne & Paris
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Helmholtz - From Enlightenment to Neuroscience (in preparation 2009)
MIT Press, Cambridge
Translated from Michel Meulders (2001) "Helmholtz - Des Lumières aux Neurosciences", Odile Jacob, Paris
Cover of original French version
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Aviation history and photos:
Addition to WWII crashes in the UAE
Axis aircraft "graveyard", Benghazi 1943
RAF Sharjah, Al Mahatta Museum
Aviation photos: Some old archives
Pakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi