Advice for a Young Investigator

A little book by Ramon y Cajal, a nobel-laureate neuroscientist, full of practical advices for someone wishing to begin investigation in the sciences. Instead of emphasizing on "gift," he identifies will-power as the most valuable of qualities of an investigator. Throughout the book the reader finds sympathetic paternal advices given by a successful man of science with a singularly practical bent of mind. Though the book's content is most appropriate for someone who wishes to pursue in biological research, it contains valuable directions for any aspiring investigator in other sciences. Cajal was a Spaniard, and at the time when he wrote the book Spain was not very strong in scientific research, thus the book's advices are specially fitting for the young people of a country which is striving to become better in scientific research.