CHAPTER SEVEN: The Galileo of Neurology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Forgetting: An Introduction 1
4. CHAPTER ONE: First Memories: Islands in the Stream of Forgetting 10
5. CHAPTER TWO: Why We Forget Dreams 32
6. CHAPTER THREE: In Memory of Henry M. 57
7. CHAPTER FOUR: The Man Who Forgot Faces 76
8. CHAPTER FIVE: A Slope, Followed By an Abyss 87
9. CHAPTER SIX: Your Colleague Has a Brilliant Idea – Yours 98
10. CHAPTER SEVEN: The Galileo of Neurology 107
11. CHAPTER EIGHT: On Repression 126
12. CHAPTER NINE: The Myth of Total Recall 158
13. CHAPTER TEN: The Memory of the Esterházys 179
14. CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Mirror That Never Forgets 193
15. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Second Death 217
16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Art of Forgetting 238
17. Questions About Forgetting 246
18. Notes 249
19. Illustrations 264
20. Index 265