Owen, Adrian
Into the Gray Zone
- ISBN 13:
- 9781501135217
- author:
- Owen, Adrian
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Scribner Book Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 21.08 x 13.97 x 2.03 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography, Medical, Science,
- Condition:
- New
- supplier_id:
- 35
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Adrian Owen's Into the Gray Zone explores the mysteries of the brain and the border between life and death. A neuroscientist who has spent years studying patients in vegetative or "gray zone" states, Owen reveals how these individuals' experiences challenge our understanding of consciousness. These patients, often overlooked by doctors as being incapable of thought, are found to be experiencing intact minds adrift deep within damaged brains and bodies. Owen's work has made medical history, but it also raises important questions about the nature of life and what defines a satisfying existence.