http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5129 King Aardvark Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:39:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/#comment-5129 Yup, I just bought <i>Soul Made Flesh</i> the other day. I've only glanced through one chapter and I remember seeing it too. Very striking. Yup, I just bought Soul Made Flesh the other day. I’ve only glanced through one chapter and I remember seeing it too. Very striking.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5128 Jennifer Jacquet Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:50:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/#comment-5128 Yes, I recognize this too having just finished <i>Soul Made Flesh</i> yesterday. How I wish I had read this great piece of history before visiting Oxford. I could have imagined the smell of putrid flesh, the sounds of tortured dogs, and the first cracked open, closely inspected brains and made my visit much more interesting! Were any of Wren's buildings inspired by the brain (beside, of course, his own)? Yes, I recognize this too having just finished Soul Made Flesh yesterday. How I wish I had read this great piece of history before visiting Oxford. I could have imagined the smell of putrid flesh, the sounds of tortured dogs, and the first cracked open, closely inspected brains and made my visit much more interesting! Were any of Wren’s buildings inspired by the brain (beside, of course, his own)?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 Oran_Taran Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:19:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/#comment-5127 Ah, no wonder the image looked familiar. I remember seeing it in <i>Soul Made Flesh</i>! I'm glad I still remember SOME things, seeing how I read the book a bit more than a year ago. Ah, no wonder the image looked familiar. I remember seeing it in Soul Made Flesh!
I’m glad I still remember SOME things, seeing how I read the book a bit more than a year ago.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-5126 The RIdger Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:19:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/07/09/a-handsome-brain/#comment-5126 Mine is <a href="http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/2007/07/wellcome-images.html" rel="nofollow">Eadward Muybridge's fantastic photo sequence</a> of the galloping horse, which changed art forever. Mine is Eadward Muybridge’s fantastic photo sequence of the galloping horse, which changed art forever.

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