Colin Blakemore Quotes

1 Sourced Quote

If the cells and fibres in one human brain were all stretched out end to end, they would certainly reach to the moon and back. Yet the fact that they are not arranged end to end enabled man to go there himself. The astonishing tangle within our heads makes us what we are.

Colin Blakemore

Colin Blakemore

Colin Blakemore

Creative Commons

Born: June 1, 1944

Died: June 27, 2022 (aged 78)

Bio: Sir Colin Brian Blakemore was a British neurobiologist, specialising in vision and the development of the brain, who was Professor of Neuroscience and Philosophy in the School of Advanced Study, University of London and Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.

Colin Blakemore on Wikipedia

Suggest an edit or a new quote

British Neuroscientist Quotes

Neuroscientist Quotes

20th-century Neuroscientist Quotes