Talk 5: The Brain In Search Of Itself

Benjamin Ehrlich discusses the life of Santiago Ramon y Cajal who discovered the neuron and transformed our understanding of the human mind.

Benjamin Ehrlich is the author of The Brain In Search Of Itself (Farrar, Straus and Girouxs) and The Dreams of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Oxford University Press). His work has appeared in Scientific American, Lithub, The Gettysburg Review, The Paris Review Daily, Nautilus, and New England Review, where he serves as a Senior Reader.