Learn about groundbreaking developments in neural technology with Victor D. Chase, author of "Shattered Nerves: How Science Is Solving Modern Medicine's Most Perplexing Problem." Date: Tuesday, September 25 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Mid-Manhattan Library 455 Fifth Avenue From Johns Hopkins University Press:

Once the stuff of science fiction, neural prosthetics are now a reality. Research and technology are creating implants that enable the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the paralyzed to move. Shattered Nerves takes us on a journey into a new medical frontier, where sophisticated, state-of-the-art medical devices repair and restore failed sensory and motor systems.