num_pages: 96
description: Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science.At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, work, and travel, but he was changed. Gage "was no longer Gage," said his Vermont doctor, meaning that the old Phineas was dependable and well liked, and the new Phineas was crude and unpredictable.His case astonished doctors in his day and still fascinates doctors today. What happened and what didn’t happen inside the brain of Phineas Gage will tell you a lot about how your brain works and how you act human.
language: English
title: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
titlecomplete: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome 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: Clarion Books