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Title: phineas gage                                                                Nathan Olsen

Author: john Fleishman

Genre: non fiction

          Phineas gage had a head injury in 1848 while he was a railroad worker working with explosives.  While working with explosives he had a series accident that left a hole in his head.  Despite of his accident he made a complete recovery and always talking about his injury as he traveled the world looking for jobs.  He changed there ideas on how the brain works and can be effected by an injury.

          Was phineas lucky or unlucky?  I think he was lucky because the rod passed thought at the exact moment.  But I also think you was unlucky because the rod went thought his head.  Luck is also just the perspective on how you look at it.

          One part of it that I really didn’t like was that the story just keeps on going on about brain science.  I also liked that it was an unbelievable story that he live with a hole in his head.  I would rate this 4 because it is an interesting story on how the human brain works.  This book is better for older people because it has a lot of big doctor words.