“Tf the nervous communication be cut off”: James (1890, p. 4).
Caenorhabditis elegans neurobiology: de Bono and Maricq (2005).
On determining the approximate number of cells in the human brain: Hercu-
lano-Houzel (2012).
Human brain anatomy: Diamond, Scheibel, and Elson (1985) and DeArmond,
Fusco, and Dewey (1989).
Acollection of Vesalius’ illustrations from the Fabrica and other works, to-
gether with excellent commentary: Saunders and O’Malley (1973).
English translation of L’Homme de René Descartes, together with a facsimile
of the 1664 French edition and excellent historical commentary: Descartes
(1664/1972).
English translation of Galvani’s 1791 article, together with a facsimile of
the original Latin edition and excellent historical commentary: Galvani
(1791/1953).
The story of Camillo Golgi and his marvelous stain: Mazzarello (2006/2010).
Chapter 3
On alchemy as an esoteric science and the Philosopher’s Stone: Eliade
(1956/1979) and Metzner (2008/2015).
Something of the magic and beauty of chemistry is captured by neurologist
Oliver Sacks in his autobiographical tale of fascination for the subject: Sacks
(2001).
Phospholipid bilayer membranes and membrane proteins: Engelman (2005).Chapter 4
Charles Darwin’s magnificent book on evolution: Darwin (1859).
Alfred Russel Wallace developed similar ideas concerning biological variation
around the same time as did Darwin: initial publication, Darwin and Wal-
lace (1858); a beautiful 150-year anniversary celebration is Gardiner, Milner,
and Morris (2008).