THE BRAIN IN SEARCH OF ITSELF: Santiago Ramon y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron

Follows Cajal from the hinterlands to Barcelona and Madrid, where he became an internationally celebrated figure, single-handedly raising the scientific reputation of Spain in the process. He demonstrated a truth that was as controversial in his own time as it is universal in ours: that the nervous system is composed of individual cells with distinctive roles. Photos, some in color.