Title Recollections of my life / Santiago Ramón y Cajal ; translated by E. Horne Craigie with the assistance of Juan Cano ; [foreword by W. Maxwell Cowan]

Edition 1st MIT Press pbk. ed Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 638 pages) : illustrations Summary Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lasting contributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought of as the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into the organization and function of the nervous system. His work is still referred to more than that of any other scientist in the field. W. Maxwell Cowan's foreword to this edition conveys the excitement and energy of Cajal's life and endeavors, the liveliness and flamboyance of his engagements with the microscope. Cowan surveys Cajal's salient discoveries, noting that almost every important conceptual issue in neurobiology was foreshadowed in Cajal's work: the initial description of the climbing fibers of the cerebellum, the discovery of the growth cone, the concept of the "dynamic polarity" of the neurom an anticipation of the later discovery of axonal transport, and the prediction that new synapses may be formed throughout life to serve as a physical basis for learning and memory. W. Maxwell Cowen is Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Analysis NEUROSCIENCE/General SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science Notes Translation of: Recuerdos de mi vida Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 1937. Originally published in series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society; v. 8 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934 SUBJECT Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934 fast Subject Anatomists -- Spain -- Biography Nervous system. Nervous System SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. MEDICAL -- Anatomy. Nervous system Anatomists Spain Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 0585341281 9780585341286 026228782X 9780262287821

Other Titles Recuerdos de mi vida. English

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