Brain (novel)
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Brain | |
Author | Robin Cook |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Thriller, Novel |
Publisher | Signet (paperback) |
Publication date | 1981 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 320 pp |
ISBN | ISBN 0-451-15797-4 |
Preceded by | Sphinx |
Followed by | Fever |
Brain is a medical thriller written by Robin Cook. It describes how a future generation of computers will work hard-wired to human brains. The story revolves around Dr.Martin Philips, a doctor in neurophysiology at the NYC medical center. Dr.Martin Philips is involoved in creating a self-diagonstic x-ray machine, along with Michael, who is a researcher at MIT and also head of the department of artificial intelligence. However, when Dr.Philips starts to discover a conspiracy involving usage of human test subjects, he is drawn in a world that is deceiving and dangerous.