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Cajal's Neuronal Forest - Science and Art (Hardcover)
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Cajal's Neuronal Forest - Science and Art (Hardcover)
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Cajal's Neuronal Forest: Science and Art continues the tradition
set forth by its sister volume Cajal's Butterflies of the Soul
(OUP, 2009). This new collection contains hundreds of beautiful
rarely-seen-before figures produced throughout the nineteenth
century and the beginning of the twentieth century by famed
father-of-modern-neuroscience Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934)
and his contemporaries. Cajal was captivated by the beautiful
shapes of the cells of the nervous system. He and his fellow
scientists saw neurons as trees and glial cells as bushes. Given
their high density and arrangement, neurons and glial resembled a
thick forest, a seemingly impenetrable terrain of interacting cells
mediating cognition and behavior. In unraveling the mysteries of
the brain, these researchers encountered an almost infinite number
of cellular forms with an extraordinary beauty, which they could
not help but put pen to paper, allowing them to discover a new
artistic world- the neuronal forest- that gave free rein not only
to their imagination, but to a new way of viewing the brain as
well. This book has been divided into two parts. The first focuses
on the scientific atmosphere in Cajal's times, on the history of
the neuron, and the anatomical challenge posed in studying neuronal
connections. It also delves into the artistic skills of Cajal and
other important pioneers in neuroscience and how the neuronal
forests have served as an unlimited source of artistic inspiration.
The second consists of 275 original drawings by Cajal. All were
published over the course of his scientific career and cover
virtually all of his research fields of interest, including the
spinal cord, the optic lobe and retina, cerebral cortex, and many
other regions of the brain. Cajal's Neuronal Forest: Science and
Art is a testament to the natural beauty found in science. Despite
the common misconception that the drawings of Cajal and other
scientists of the time are pieces of art, these drawings are in
fact copies of histological preparations and contributed greatly to
the discoveries made in the field of neuroscience. This book is a
gem in any library, whether serving as a medical history or a
gallery of stunning sketches.
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