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Advice for a Young Investigator

Santiago Ramón y Cajal info

First published 1897

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About this book

The father of neuroscience on how to do science.

The author

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

1852–1934 · Spanish scientist

  • Nobel laureate
Profession
Physician, Biologist, Professor
Worked at
University of Barcelona, University of Valencia, Universidad Central
Studied at
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zaragoza, Universidad Central, Colegio Escuelas Pías of Jaca
Studied under
Aureliano Maestre de San Juan
Prizes
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1906), Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1915), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1909), Croonian Medal and Lecture (1894), Dearest Son of Zaragoza province (1900), Helmholtz Medal (1904), Echegaray Medal (1922), Medalla Plus Ultra (1926)

Wanted to be an artist; his drawings of neurons are still used today.

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Editions

4 editions

First published 1897

Earliest edition listed: 1999 · MIT Press

  • 1999 · MIT Press · ISBN 9780585032412
  • 1999 · MIT Press · ISBN 9780262181914
  • 2004 · MIT Press · ISBN 9780262282062
  • 2004 · MIT Press · ISBN 9780262250030

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