The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

The first major biography of the Nobel Prize–winning scientist who discovered neurons and transformed our understanding of the human mind—illustrated with his extraordinary anatomical drawings

As the pioneer of modern neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal may be the most influential figure in the history of biology you’ve never heard of. Along with Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur, Cajal ranks among the most brilliant and original scientists of the nineteenth century, and his discoveries have...