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Sherrington

His Life and Thought

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. John C. Eccles

    1. Contra (Locarno), Switzerland
      Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie (Karl-Friedrich-Bonnhoeffer-Institut), Göttingen, West-Germany

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  2. William C. Gibson

    1. Department of the History of Science and Medicine, Medical School, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. The Early Years

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Liverpool Professor

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 13-23

  4. Oxford 1914–1920

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 24-32

  5. The Years of the Presidency of the Royal Society, 1920–1925

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 33-42

  6. The Last Decade at Oxford 1925–1935

    • John C. Eccles
    Pages 43-74

  7. Major Correspondents in His Later Years (Oxford and Thereafter)

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 75-104

  8. Sherrington The Philosopher of the Nervous System

    • John C. Eccles
    Pages 105-159

  9. Books and the Man

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 160-166

  10. Sherrington the Poet

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 167-177

  11. Public Service

    • William C. Gibson
    Pages 178-181

  12. The Final Philosophical Messages

    • John C. Eccles, William C. Gibson
    Pages 182-183

  13. Epilogue

    • John C. Eccles, William C. Gibson
    Pages 184-185

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 186-272
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About this book

So much has been written about the scientific contributions of Sherrington that the man himself, and his thoughts, have been overshadowed. More and more, students of history are calling for creative writing on the whole man, particularly when he is a genius. Those interested in the genesis of ideas want to know the settings for discoveries and the relevant circumstances which ushered in new truths and new insights. The "prepared mind" which Pasteur saw as the only one to be "favoured by fortune" is of immense importance in science, and our account of Sherring­ ton, we hope, will fill a very real gap in this field. During his life Sherrington actively discouraged any sugges­ tions that a biography be written. For that reason it was not until 1947 that there were any biographical notes by John Fulton, Graham Brown and A. D. Ritchie in a number of the British Medical Journal commemorating his ninetieth birthday, and in addition there was a leading article entitled "The Influence of Sherrington on Oinical Neurology". He left no autobiographical material except the few pages of reminiscences entitled "Mar­ ginalia", an essay written in honour of Charles Singer (1953).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Contra (Locarno), Switzerland

    John C. Eccles

  • Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie (Karl-Friedrich-Bonnhoeffer-Institut), Göttingen, West-Germany

    John C. Eccles

  • Department of the History of Science and Medicine, Medical School, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    William C. Gibson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sherrington

  • Book Subtitle: His Life and Thought

  • Authors: John C. Eccles, William C. Gibson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61864-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-61866-6Published: 25 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-61864-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 272

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

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