Drawing the mind, one neuron at a time: A 2022 book walks readers through the life and work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Spaniard whom many consider the founder of modern #neuroscience. Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #WorldBookDay: scim.ag/3Et8H3g
@ScienceMagazine Ramón y Cajal's 1906 discovery that neurons are discrete cells revolutionized neuroscience. His artistic talent let him illustrate neural networks with unprecedented detail - he was drawing connectomes before we had electron microscopes.
@ScienceMagazine That is just one neuron BTW, albeit cerebellar, which makes sense but astonishing nonetheless.
@ScienceMagazine Perfect. How old the science is? And it is simular to DANCING IN THE MAY. In german language we call a eyeliner KAJALSTIFT. Is there a connection, too?
