Animal spirit doctrine and the origins of neurophysiology, the
Auteur :
Smith, C.U.M. / Frixione, Eugenio / Finger, Stanley / Clower, William
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199766499
Date de publication :
2 août 2012
Dimensions :
22,4 x 28,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
1270 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
For millennia, the activity of the nervous system was believed to be due to indwelling animal spirit. This book describes the rise, development, apex, and slow decline of this idea, and its replacement by physicochemical theories of nerve conduction. It is a history of physiology and of the origins of neuroscience.