Crashing Through
by Robert Kurson · first published 2007
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In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure--the stunning true story of one man's heroic odyssey from blindness into sight.Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three, he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision.Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell tra
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…(http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-Time/dp/140...) - engaging story written from the point of view of an austistic teenager. One of my favorite characters in any book I've ever read. Crashing Through by Robert Kurson (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812973682/ref=ox_ya_oh_pro...) - inspiring story of sight restoration to a lifelong blind man. Fascinating exploration on vision, learning, and a lot…
on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗Parallel procedure described in this book, reattaching optic nerve to intact retina, if I remember correctly. http://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Through-Story-Adventure-Dared...
on “Prosthetic retina restores sight in mice after brain's visual code is cracked ” ↗A couple of years ago I read a non-fiction book called Crashing Through[1] - about a guy who was blinded by some chemical at a very young age (<1y) and was able to have his vision restored in his 40s via a new procedure. It went on about some difficulties he had processing…
on “What Do Blind People Actually See?” ↗