Advice for a Young Investigator Ramon y Cajal 1999 MIT Press

by Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

$50 · Offered by eBay

I’m offering a Like New hardcover copy of Advice for a Young Investigator by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, translated by Neely Swanson and Larry W. Swanson and published by The MIT Press as A Bradford Book in 1999. This is the original MIT Press hardcover edition, ISBN 0-262-18191-6 / 9780262181914, rather than the later paperback edition. The hardcover edition is now out of print. Cajal was one of the foundational figures of modern neuroscience and shared the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the structure of the nervous system. In this classic work, originally published in Spanish as Reglas y Consejos sobre Investigación Científica: Los tónicos de la voluntad, he turns his attention to the practical and intellectual work of becoming a successful scientific investigator. The book discusses scientific education, motivation, research habits, intellectual independence, bias, perseverance and the practical realities of conducting original research. More than a century after Cajal first developed these ideas, the book remains relevant to scientists, researchers, graduate students and readers interested in neuroscience and the history and philosophy of science. This copy is in Like New condition. The hardcover, dust jacket and interior are exceptionally clean with only minimal evidence of handling. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. This is a particularly nice example of the increasingly uncommon original MIT Press hardcover and a strong copy for a ne

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Year: 1999
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780262181914
• Condition: Fine

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.