Can neuroscience be artistic?
Carl Schoonover ( a very schön young scientist, for a proof see a photo ) is a very accomplished young scientist who earned his degree at Columbia University. What makes him very interesting, beside his schönhood, is also his unique PHD project later on transformed into a book titled Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century. The book offers an amazing journey to visual brain renderings. It encompasses brain images of great diversity, dating back to medieval times, through 19th century drawings. The first two chapters are dedicated to biologists studying the neural system, such as Galen, Golgi or Ramon y Cajal. Later chapters are focused on more current versions of the brain study.
Some of the images are displayed below. Enjoy!
The book cover.
Early drawings of visual pathways. 11th century.
Cortical blood vessels.
Image of rat' s hipocampus.
Carl Schoonover ( a very schön young scientist, for a proof see a photo ) is a very accomplished young scientist who earned his degree at Columbia University. What makes him very interesting, beside his schönhood, is also his unique PHD project later on transformed into a book titled Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century. The book offers an amazing journey to visual brain renderings. It encompasses brain images of great diversity, dating back to medieval times, through 19th century drawings. The first two chapters are dedicated to biologists studying the neural system, such as Galen, Golgi or Ramon y Cajal. Later chapters are focused on more current versions of the brain study.
Some of the images are displayed below. Enjoy!
Image of rat' s hipocampus.
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