Reverberations of a Stroke A Memoir /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gustafson, Karl (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Medicine .; Health.; Life skills.; Mathematics, general.; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Life Skills.

In the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2016, Karl Gustafson became instinctively aware that something catastrophic was happening inside him. A severe headache that had persisted for days had taken a sudden turn for the worse, and a clear inner voice ordered him to obtain immediate help. With determin...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. The End ...a cold, grey, winter day
• 2. Twilight and Dawn ...a new beginning
• 3. Going Home ...negotiating rehab and reality
• 4. Stroke and Brain ...mind and meaning
• 5. Gamma Knife ...dissolving tangles
• 6. Perchance to Dream ...a first mathematical thought
• 7. Endless Fatigue ...and the holidays loometh
• 8. One-Year Anniversary ...acceptance
• 9. New Reality ...escaping limbo
• 10. An Early Rise ...to a different world
• 11. A Trip to the High Country ...lifting the spirit
• 12. Time and Space ...choosing context
• 13. Neanderthal Days ...intuition and reason
• 14. Gratitude ...don't wait too long
• 15. Two-Year Anniversary ...the big picture
• 16. Year Three ...the future continues
• Acknowledgments.