Whole and Its Parts

About the Book

The Whole and Its Parts tells this remarkable story through 24 short, richly illustrated episodes. From ancient debates about the heart and brain to Galvani’s frog, Golgi and Cajal’s neurons, Broca’s language discoveries, brain maps, neural networks, computational models and modern brain–computer interfaces, the book follows the ideas and experiments that gradually transformed our understanding of the brain. Written for the curious reader rather than the specialist, it is a visual journey through one of science’s greatest adventures: how we discovered the parts of the brain—and began to understand how they work together as a whole.

About the Author

Prof. V Srinivasa Chakravarthy

Founder & Chief Scientist, Neurogati. Professor, IIT Madras

Prof. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Neurogati, is a distinguished neuroscientist at IIT Madras with over 25 years of research experience. As the Head of the Computational Neuroscience Laboratory, his work focuses on computational neuroscience, brain-inspired systems, and neurotechnology applications.