About the Author

Gustav Eckstein was a medical doctor, scientist, writer, teacher and philosopher. He taught mainly at University of Cincinnati, but also visited the Soviet Union several times and studied with Ivan Pavlov, the pioneer in the field of conditioned reflexes. Eckstein was the author of 10 books ranging from fiction to scientific, including Canary, and the bestselling The Body Has a Head, first published in 1969. He died in 1981.

Reviews

'The scope of this book is nothing less than the scope of man' Newsweek

'An endlessly enchanting, stimulating work of high literary value' Modern Medicine

'Stimulating... profound... vivid' Wall Street Journal

'A modern classic' Columbus Dispatch