Matthew Cobb
British zoologist and Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester, author of The Idea of the Brain and an expert on the history and science of neuroscience.
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Mar 8, 2026 • 2h 25min
#146 The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe: What is the Brain?
Matthew Cobb, British zoologist and Emeritus Professor of Zoology, offers a brisk mini-bio and frames his book on the brain's history. He sketches ancient heart-versus-brain ideas, how metaphors from hydraulics to telegraphs shaped thinking, the rise of localization debates, split-brain surprises, and the ongoing search for neural correlates of consciousness.
