
The Beautiful Brain
The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Amulet Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. January 2017
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-4197-2227-1 (ISBN)
Description
Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934), the father of modern neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, was an exceptional artist. He devoted his life to the anatomy of the brain, the body's most complex and mysterious organ. His superhuman feats of visualisation, based on fanatically precise techniques and countless hours at the microscope, resulted in some of the most remarkable illustrations in the history of science. Beautiful Brain presents a selection of his exquisite drawings of brain cells, brain regions and neural circuits with accessible descriptive commentary. An art book at the crossroads of art and science, Beautiful Brain describes Cajal's contributions to neuroscience, explores his artistic roots and achievement and looks at his work in relation to contemporary neuroscience imaging techniques.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
90 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1305 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-2227-1 (9781419722271)
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W. Swanson Larry | Newman Eric | Araque Alfonso
Beautiful Brain
The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal
E-Book
01/2017
Abrams
€35.49
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Persons
Javier DeFelipe, author of Cajal's Butterflies of the Soul (2009), is a neuroscientist at the Instituto Cajal, Madrid. Larry W. Swanson of the University of Southern California is the author of Brain Architecture (2012) and a past President of the Society for Neuroscience.
Eric A. Newman, Alfonso Araque and Janet Dubinsky are distinguished neuroscientists at the University of Minnesota.
Eric A. Newman, Alfonso Araque and Janet Dubinsky are distinguished neuroscientists at the University of Minnesota.