ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Graziadio Isaia Ascoli

Graziadio Isaia Ascoli was a really smart guy who lived a long time ago in Italy. He was born in 1829 and died in 1907. He loved learning and became a professor at a university where he studied brains and how they work.

By looking at brains, he figured out that they are made up of lots of little cells called neurons. These neurons talk to each other and help us do things like think and feel.

Ascoli was really interested in how neurons work together, so he started drawing pictures of them. His pictures were very detailed and showed all the different parts of the neurons.

Over time, Ascoli became very famous for his drawings and his research on neurons. He even has a special kind of neuron named after him called the "Ascoli neuron."

Today, scientists still use Ascoli's work to help them understand how the brain works. So, even though he lived a long time ago, his ideas are still really important and help us learn more about our own brains.