解剖学图像中的秩序与意义——对高尔基与卡哈尔手绘神经图像的比较研究

The Orders and Meanings of the Anatomical Images--A study on the hand-drawing scientific images of Golgi and Cajal

神经学家高尔基(Camillo Golgi)和卡哈尔(Santiago Ramón y Cajal)各自手绘了显微镜下的神经元图像,本文对此二人各自绘制的微观解剖图像进行了风格与认知心理学分析。最终发现,卡哈尔更加清晰地认识到了科学图像区别于艺术图像的功能属性,他绘制的图像包含的信息更多,有助于意义的传达与沟通,这或许得益于他在美术学院学习过绘画的经历。

The Nobel Prize winners Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal both drew their anatomical images by hand respectively.This paper makes a study of their scientific drawings from the perspective of style and cognitive psychology.From the comparison of these two kinds of drawings,as well as their making process,the conclusion is that Cajal was clearer about the functions of scientific images which are different from those of the artistic images.As a result,the anatomical images by Cajal contain more information and contribute better to the communication of scientific ideas.And Cajal's example shows that scientific visualization is in itself a technology as well as an interpretative intervention.