Definition of axon. : a usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body â see neuron illustration.
Frederick Fred Cossom Hollows, was born on the 9th of April 1929 in Dunedin, New Zealand. He was an ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for several thousands of people in Australia and many other countries.
Newlands' Periodic Table. An English scientist called John Newlands put forward his law of octaves in 1864. He arranged all the elements known at the time into a table in order of relative atomic mass. When he did this, he found that each element was similar to the element eight places further on.