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Now, 80 of those drawings are going on display at an art museum in minnesota. Santiago ramon y cajal, spanish histologist who with camillo golgi received the 1906 nobel prize for physiology or medicine for establishing the neuron, or nerve cell, as the basic unit of nervous structure. The first deals with several aspects of the scientific career and thoughts of cajal, in particular regarding his fascination with dreams and hypnosis. Santiago ramon y cajal, the young artist who grew up to. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. He won the nobel prize for physiologymedicine in 1906 for his theory that became known as the neuron doctrine. An anecdotal guide for the perplexed new investigator as well as a refreshing resource for the old pro, covering everything from valuable personality traits for an investigator to social factors conducive to scientific work.
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