This is a picture I took of the Eiffel Tower at night. It is truly a beautiful sight that many people have seen. What some people may not know is that the names of 72 scientists are engraved on each of the four sides. The names were listed in special honor of the men of science during the time the Eiffel Tower was being built. One of the names engraved is Marie François Xavier Bichat. Marie was a French anatomist and pathologist who had theories that life was regulated by the ganglionic nervous system, “a collection of small independent “brains” in the chest cavitiy.”
Stanley Finger (2001). Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations Into Brain Function. Oxford University Press. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-19-514694-3. Retrieved 1 January2013.