Book ID: CBB000042172

Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist (1987)

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Benison, Saul (Author)
Barger, A. Clifford (Author)
Wolfe, Elin L. (Author)


Belknap Press of Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: xiv + 520 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index

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Review Geison, G.L. (1990) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". American Historical Review (pp. 1302-3). unapi

Review Pogliano, C. (1988) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (pp. 306-9). unapi

Review Lawrence, C. (1988) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 536). unapi

Review Benson, K.R. (1990) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (pp. 151-52). unapi

Review Pauly, P.J. (1987) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 521-22). unapi

Review Warner, J.H. (1987) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Science (pp. 542-43). unapi

Review Sturdy, S. (1988 (Jan. 29)) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (p. 118). unapi

Review Tansey, E.M. (1988) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Medical History (pp. 220-21). unapi

Review Stearns, C.Z. (1988) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". American Journal of Psychiatry (pp. 526-27). unapi

Review Holmes, F.L. (1988) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 142-44). unapi

Review Bynum, W.F. (1987) Review of "Walter B. Cannon: The life and times of a young scientist". Nature (pp. 483-84). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Benison, Saul
Wolfe, Elin L.
Martínez Vidal, Álvaro
Barger, A. Clifford
Mathieu Arminjon
García Lozano, José Antonio
Journals
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Social Research
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Medical History
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
University of Alabama Press
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Science History Publications
Oxford University Press
Harvard University Press
Columbia University Press
Concepts
Physiology
Medicine
Homeostasis
Human physiology
Science and society
Physical fitness
People
Cannon, Walter Bradford
Henderson, Lawrence Joseph
Dale, Henry Hallett
Rosenblueth, Arturo (1900-1970)
Hirszfeld, Ludwik
Whitehead, Alfred North
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
United States
Latin America
France
China
Mexico
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
Harvard University
Peking Union Medical College
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