The Cambridge Medical School

1932

Author: Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston

Publisher: CUP Archive

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Category: Electronic books

Page: 235

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Michael Foster and the Cambridge School of Physiology

2015-03-08

Author: Gerald L. Geison

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 9781400869114

Category: Science

Page: 426

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Despite great ferment and activity among historians of science in recent years, the history of physiology after 1850 has received little attention. Gerald Geison makes an important contribution to our knowledge of this neglected area by investigating the achievements of English physiologists at the Cambridge School from 1870 to 1900. He describes individual scientists, their research, the scientific issues affecting their work, and socio-institutional influences on the group. He pays special attention to the personality and contributions of Michael Foster, founding father of the Cambridge School. Foster's specific research interest was the origin of the rhythmic heartbeat, and the author contends that the school itself descended from and developed around this concern. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Some Chapters in Cambridge Medical History

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Publisher: CUP Archive

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Catalog of the Officers and Students of the University in Cambridge

1844

Author: Harvard University

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ISBN: STANFORD:36105131481900

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Freud in Cambridge

2017-02-28

Author: John Forrester

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521861908

Category: History

Page: 812

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The authors explore the influence of Freud's thinking on twentieth-century intellectual and scientific life within Cambridge and beyond.

The Cambridge Companion to Darwin

2003-05

Author: Jonathan Hodge

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521777305

Category: History

Page: 486

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The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809 82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life - including the evolutionary origin of humankind - contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. This volume provides the reader with clear, lively and balanced introductions to the most recent scholarship on Darwin and his intellectual legacies. A distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin s main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin s science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Darwin.