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George Paxinos is a Scientia Professor at NeuRA and UNSW Sydney who has discovered more brain regions than anyone in history and has published 58 books. His first, The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, is the third most cited scientific book of all time, and his Atlas of the Human Brain has received awards from the Association of American Publishers and the British Medical Association. After a 21-year effort he also wrote the novel A River Divided, an Orwellian story of cloned ancient genes, identical twins raised apart, and an almighty battle for the Amazon.
He has discovered more brain regions than anyone in history, published 58 books, and written the third most cited scientific book of all time. Then, after a 21-year effort, he wrote a novel. Meet the neuroscientist behind A River Divided.
By DORX Chronicle Staff · October 19, 2026
