El Cerebro - (Cómics de Ciencia) (Paperback)

About the Book

"In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world ... if you have the nerve!"--

Book Synopsis

Fahama cayó presa del Dr. Cerebellum y su asistente zombie, y su única salvación es hacerlo hablar incansablemente sobre el cerebro. Incapaz de resistirse, el científico loco le explicará a su rehén todo sobre las neuronas, cuáles son las partes del cerebro y sus funciones, cómo opera la memoria, cómo se conforma la personalidad, qué pasa con los sentidos y cuál es la historia de nuestras ideas sobre este indispensable y complejo órgano, entre muchas otras cosas. Lleno de humor y chistes "malos", El cerebro es una introducción completa al sistema nervioso central en un formato accesible y divertido. El cerebro es parte de la nueva colección Cómics de Ciencia del sello Historias Gráficas. Cada libro tiene un tema principal que sirve como hilo conductor para hablar sobre diversas disciplinas científicas, y su formato ayuda a que la lectura sea ágil sin perder precisión.

Fahama fell prey to Dr. Cerebellum and his zombie assistant, and his only salvation is to make him speak tirelessly about the brain. Unable to resist, the mad scientist will explain to his hostage everything about neurons, what are the parts of the brain and their functions, how memory operates, how personality conforms, what happens to the senses and what is the history of our ideas about this indispensable and complex organ, among many other things. Full of humor and "bad" jokes, The Brain is a complete introduction to the central nervous system in an accessible and fun format. The brain is part of the new Science Comics collection from the Graphic Stories label. Each book has a main theme that serves as a common thread to talk about various scientific disciplines, and its format helps make reading agile without losing precision.

About the Author

Alex Graudins is a cartoonist and illustrator graduated from the School of Visual Arts cartoonist program. He is passionate about comics that talk about friendship and anxiety. The Brain is his first book, which represented enormous learning in many ways. Tory Woollcott is a cartoonist, writer and promoter of reading. Her first graphic novel, Mirror Mind, is a remembrance of what it's like to grow up with dyslexia. Since then she has written and illustrated other autobiographical comics, children's fairy tales, and science fiction dramas.