Ivan Pavlov : exploring the animal machine /

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A biography of the Russian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1904 for research on the digestive system and is perhaps best known for his research on dogs.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Todes, Daniel Philip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:Oxford portraits in science.
Subjects:
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich, > 1849-1936.
Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich, > 1849-1936
Physiologists > Russia (Federation) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Physiologists.
Physiologistes > Russie > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Philosophy.
Physiologists
Dierkunde.
Russia (Federation)
Biographies
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The seminarian chooses science
  • Sidebar: Russian names and the Pavlov family
  • Sidebar: Sechenov, reflexes and free will
  • Struggling scientist in St. Petersburg
  • Pavlov's physiology factory
  • Sidebar: The Pavlov isolated stomach
  • Sidebar: Why a factory? Metaphors in scientific thinking
  • Towers of silence
  • After the revolution
  • "The Prince of World Physiology."

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