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The Scientist Who Drew Brains, and Then a Nobel Prize

With an artist’s eye ?and a scientist’s mind, ?anatomist Santiago ?Ramón y Cajal was the ?first to see—and illustrate?—what neurons really do. ?His exquisitely detailed ?drawings changed our ?understanding of the brain ?and nervous system.

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