Abstract
Lars Leksell was instrumental in stereotactic radiosurgery that he invented. Not only did he create stereotactic radiosurgery conceptionally, but, with the Gamma Knife, he also developed its technical prerequisites. Leksell died in 1986. Late in his life, he wrote the book “Brain fragments” in Swedish not as a true biography but as an episodic novel of his life. Hence, the current book is not new, but the current translation is. Leksell's son Dan translated his father's memories discretely but closely. These are the memories of one of the most formative neurosurgeons of the 20th century. In impressive simplicity and modesty, the stations of his life are shaped by the craftsmanship of the surgeon and by the creativity of the inventor, and are defined by the frustration and success of the academic neurosurgeon, all, by essence, being the expression of his joy of life. His ludic drive, courage, and the aesthetic of technical perfection were Leksell's incitement, which appear today as ingenious.
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