The Untold Story of the Neuron with Benjamin Ehrlich
b'This week we\\u2019re joined by Benjamin Ehrlich, author of The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ram\\xf3n y Cajal and the Story of the Neuron.\\nIt\\u2019s a book about the discoveries and life of Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ram\\xf3n y Cajal, who has been called the \\u2018father of modern neuroscience.\\u2019\\xa0\\nWhile today relatively unknown outside of his field, Cajal\\u2019s discoveries about the brain changed the field of neuroscience forever. In 1906 he won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on neurons, which he called \\u201cthe mysterious butterflies of the soul \\u2026 whose beating of wings may one day reveal to us the secrets of the mind.\\u201d\\nhttps://inquiring.show/episodes/378-the-untold-story-of-the-neuronSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds'