Recollections of my life /

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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, 1852-1934
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1989.
Edición:1st MIT Press pbk. ed.
Temas:
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, > 1852-1934.
Anatomists > Spain > Biography.
Nervous system.
Nervous System
Système nerveux.
Anatomistes > Espagne > Biographies.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
MEDICAL > Anatomy.
Anatomists.
Spain.
NEUROSCIENCE/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 638 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0585341281
9780585341286
026228782X
9780262287821

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