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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lehrer, Jonah.
Proust was a neuroscientist / Jonah Lehrer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-618-62010-4
ISBN-10: 0-618-62010-9
1. Neurosciences and the arts.
2. Neurosciences—History. I. Title.
NX180.N48L44 2007 700.1'05—dc22 2007008518
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