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(More customer reviews)This is an interesting but somewhat strange book. It provides a really amazing view of what it was like to do science in those days, in particular about the various political maneuvering that was required to navigate the old spanish academic system. It also provides interesting insight into the personality of one of the greatest pioneers of cell biology. Unfortunately, part of his personality involves telling us all how great he was, so sometimes I found the book a little tiresome to read. I was also kind of disappointed in that it took a long time before he got around to covering the time when he actually made his important contributions to science. Still, for anyone interested in cell or neurobiology, or in the history of science, I would recommend this book fairly strongly as something they will enjoy.
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) made prolific and lastingcontributions to understanding "the life of the infinitely small." Widely thought ofas the founder of neuroscience, Cajal made remarkable explorations into theorganization and function of the nervous system. His work is still referred to morethan that of any other scientist in the field.W. Maxwell Cowan's foreword to thisedition conveys the excitement and energy of Cajal's life and endeavors, theliveliness and flamboyance of his engagements with the microscope. Cowan surveysCajal's salient discoveries, noting that almost every important conceptual issue inneurobiology was foreshadowed in Cajal's work: the initial description of theclimbing fibers of the cerebellum, the discovery of the growth cone, the concept ofthe "dynamic polarity" of the neurom an anticipation of the later discovery ofaxonal transport, and the prediction that new synapses may be formed throughout lifeto serve as a physical basis for learning and memory.W. Maxwell Cowen is VicePresident and Chief Scientific Officer at the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute.
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