--- title: "4 David H. Hubel Quotes - Famous Physician (Brain and visual perception)" description: "David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-h-hubel-27525.jpg" --- ![Portrait of David H. Hubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-h-hubel-27525.jpg) # David H. Hubel (1926–2013) Physician **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet David H. Hubel was a physician, best known for *Brain and visual perception*. ## Quick Facts About David H. Hubel Born February 27, 1926 Died September 22, 2013 Profession Physician Notable works Brain and visual perception ## About David H. Hubel David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. For much of his career, Hubel worked as the Professor of Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Medical School. In 1978, Hubel and Wiesel were awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. In 1983, Hubel received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. ## Quotes by David H. Hubel > [The brain is a tissue. It is a complicated, intricately woven tissue, like nothing else we know of in the universe, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-h-hubel/the-brain-is-a-tissue-it-is-a-complicated-intricately-woven-tissue/) [David H. Hubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-hubel/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63b/david-h-hubel-68599_brain_the-brain-is-a-tissue-it-is-a-complicate_111390.jpg) > [Those who think 'Science is Measurement' should search Darwin's works for numbers and equations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-h-hubel/those-who-think-science-is-measurement-should-search-darwin-s-works/) [David H. Hubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-hubel/) [Equations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/equations/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/david-h-hubel-68599_equations_those-who-think-science-is-measurement-s_1595703.jpg) > [Can the brain understand the brain? Can it understand the mind? Is it a giant computer, or some other kind of giant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-h-hubel/can-the-brain-understand-the-brain-can-it-understand-the-mind-is-it-a/) [David H. Hubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-hubel/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/david-h-hubel-68599_brain_can-the-brain-understand-the-brain-can-i_1814745.jpg) > [We need above all to know about changes; no one wants or needs to be reminded 16 hours a day that his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-h-hubel/we-need-above-all-to-know-about-changes-no-one-wants-or-needs-to-be/) [David H. Hubel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-hubel/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/david-h-hubel-68599_change_we-need-above-all-to-know-about-changes_1952805.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-hubel/#itemlist", "name": "David H. 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