description: Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are.
language: English
title: Phineas Gage: An Awesome But True Story about Brain Science
titlecomplete: Phineas Gage: An Awesome But True Story about Brain Science
genres: Science, Psychology, Biography, Middle Grade, School, Historical, History, Childrens, Brain, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3606
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Children's Nonfiction
publisher: Turtleback Books