PORTRAITS OF THE MIND

PORTRAITS OF THE MIND

Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century (Abrams, November 2010) follows the fascinating exploration of the brain through images. These beautiful black-and-white and vibrantly colored images, many resembling abstract art, are employed daily by scientists around the world, but most have never before been seen by the general public. From medieval sketches and 19th-century drawings by the founder of modern neuroscience to images produced using state-of-the-art techniques, readers are invited to witness the fantastic networks in the brain. 

The book is a bridge between Science and Art. The book  is filled with real life images of brain and its cells. Basically a book 

of study of brain has turned into an artwork.

This can soon lead to new sets of innovative design era. Well

believe it or not these images are far beyond imagination.

The nerve cell - an art inspired from neurons.(made out of metal work)

vibrant colors of the image surely breadth taking

The synapse's image  interpreted by art   

The Author

Carl Schoonover is a neuroscience PhD candidate at Columbia University, the author of Portraits of the Mind, and has written for The New York Times, Le Figaro, and Scientific American. He is a cofounder of NeuWrite, a collaborative working group for scientists, writers, and those in between, and hosts a radio show on WKCR 89.9FM, which focuses on opera, classical music, and their relationship to the brain.


He currently lives in New York City and works on microanatomy and electrophysiology of rodent somatosensory cortex in the Bruno laboratory at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a former NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a 2012 TED Fellow.