Biography: science, technology and medicine Books
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Life of the Clinician: The Autobiography of
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of one of America's most important gastroenterologists. Michael Lepore [1910-2000] was a pioneer in the field of gastroenterology. He was a member of one of the first graduating classes of the University of Rochester Medical School, and went on to a distinguished career at Columbia University, New York University, and St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York. This autobiography tells of his experiences as an Italian-American who overcame prejudices to become the personal physician to such notablesas Greta Garbo and President Herbert Hoover. His story is witty and cleverly written, and details the way the medical profession changed from the Great Depression to the late 1990s. Michael Lepore was an alumnus of Duke University Medical School and the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and was the Director, Gastroenterology Section, Departments of Medicine and Surgery Emeritus, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York.Trade ReviewAn insider's guide to making a career in twentieth-century American medicine. As such it is a valuable historical document. MEDICAL HISTORYTable of ContentsEarly Days Washington Heights Speyer School for Gifted Children New York University at University Heights To Each His Farthest Star: A Medical Student at Rochester, 1929- 1934 Duke University Hospital and Its Medical School, 1934-1935 Yale Medical School, 1935-1936 Return to Duke, 1936-1937 You Can Go Home Again My One and Only Wife The Bronx Is the Graveyard for Specialists, 1937 The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1937 - The First of Its Kind Pearl Harbor and World War II Valley Forge General Hospital, 1942-1945 Tinian, 1945 Saipan, 1945-1946 Return to Columbia-Presbyterian, 1946 The Changing of the Guard at the Medical Center An Internist-Diagnostician Rebuilds His Practice The Upjohn Grand Rounds The Iceman Cometh to Park Avenue Songs My Patients Taught Me Mr. J. Peter Grace, Chairman of W.R. Grace and Company Birth of the Upjohn Gastrointestinal Service Roosevelt Hospital, 1962-1965
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Ludwik Hirszfeld: The Story of One Life
Book SynopsisAn annotated English translation of the autobiography of Polish microbiologist Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), with a focus on his contributions to international public health. Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884-1954), one of the most prominent serologists of the twentieth century, discovered the inheritance and established the nomenclature of blood groups and opened the field of human population genetics. He also carried out groundbreaking research in the genetics of disease and immunology. Following World War II, he founded Poland's first Institute of Immunology in Wroclaw, which now bears his name. His autobiographical memoir, The Story of One Life, first published in Poland in 1946, immediately became a bestseller and has been reedited several times since. It is an outstanding account of a Holocaust survivor and a writer capable of depicting the uniqueness and the tragedy of countless individuals caught up in the nightmare of 1939-45. He recollects his time as a physician in the Serbian army in 1915 and his satisfaction as a scientist who helped rebuild Poland after the Treaty ofVersailles; the contrast between the world before and the world after World War II could not be starker. Hirszfeld escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943; he hid the manuscript for this book and retrieved it only after the war. Drawing on unpublished documents, as well as interviews with Hirszfeld's former students and family, this translation is annotated and has an introduction written by two scholars with unique qualifications to understand both the immediate setting in which Hirszfeld lived his life, and the broader implications of his work to the history of medicine. Marta A. Balinska is a writer and an international consultant in public health. William H.Schneider is Professor of History at Indiana University.Trade ReviewBalinska and Schneider should be applauded. . . today's readers will find it an intriguing piece of cutting-edge experimental science, an example of the relation between political context and individual fate, while the contemporary story makes for a fascinating read. . . a major achievement. * COMPTES RENDUS *A thoughtful and highly historical read that belongs in any biography collection. * MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW *Fascinating on many accounts. . . The University of Rochester Press's Studies in Medical History series has just attained new heights. * FORWARD.COM *Table of ContentsForeword by Arthur E. Mourant Introduction by Marta A. Balinska and William H. Schneider Foreword by Ludwik Hirszfeld to the original 1946 edition University Years Assistantship in Heidelberg Sojourn in Zurich The Great War Armée d'Orient Home Again Life in Warsaw Life within the Institute Scientific Activities Scientific Meetings International Congress of Anthropologists in Amsterdam; Opening of Schools of Hygiene in Budapest and Zagreb The 1935 Blood Transfusion Congress in Rome The 1937 International Congress in Paris The 1937 International Cancer Congress in Brussels The 1939 General Pathology Congress in Rome Medical Academy in Paris; French Youth A Home in the Sun The Autumn Draws On Before the Storm The Siege of Warsaw Ousted The City of Death Lectures and Courses Typhus in the District The Health Council In the Shadow of the Church of All Saints Race or Tradition? The Beginning of the End Leap into the Unknown The Life of an Obscure Man My Evening Song My Greatest Defeat The Origins of This Book Extermination Camps The Last Upsurge of a Perishing Nation A Chased Animal The Turning Point for the Jewish Nation The Great Guilt Afterword Appendix: Biographical Annex of Frequently Cited Names
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd John W. Thompson: Psychiatrist in the Shadow of
Book SynopsisBiography of a World War II-era physician whose work was a response to the suffering of Holocaust victims, and whose investigations laid the groundwork for the Nuremberg Medical Trials. John W. Thompson: Psychiatrist in the Shadow of the Holocaust is the biography of a doctor whose revulsion at Nazi human experiments prompted him to seek a humane basis for physician-patient relations. As a military scientific intelligence officer in 1945, Thompson was the first to name "medical war crimes" as a special category for prosecution. His investigations laid the groundwork for the Nuremberg medical trials and for the novel idea of "informed consent." Yet, Thompson has remained a little-known figure, despite his many scientific, literary, and religious connections. This book traces Thompson's life from his birth in Mexico, through his studies at Stanford, Edinburgh, and Harvard, and his service in the Canadian Air Force. It reconstructs his therapeutic work with Unesco in Germany and his time as a Civil Rights activist in New York, where he developed his concept of holistic medicine. Thompson was close to authors like Auden and Spender and inspirational religious figures like Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche. He drew on ideas of Freud, Jung, and Buber. The philosophical and religious dimensions of Thompson's response to Holocaust victims' suffering are key to this study, which cites accounts of psychiatrists, students and patients who knew Thompson personally, war crimes prosecution records, and unpublished personal papers. Paul Weindling is Wellcome Trust Research Professor at the Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present, Oxford Brookes University, UK.Trade ReviewAlmost singlehandedly, Thompson initiated a new Nuremberg Trial targeted specifically at German doctors accused of 'Medical War Crimes.' Author Weindling traces in minute detail how an aroused Thompson overcame resistance in high Allied military and diplomatic circles (a few sought only practical results from those experiments without considering ethics). Thompson would have none of that. He and his adherents informed the public about monstrous experiments undertaken not only by the SS but also by civilian doctors. Those trials duly took place in 1947, thereby establishing an incontestable record of what had transpired in German camps, hospitals, and sanatoria . [An] exhaustive study. * JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES *Table of Contents"Ecce Homo" Mexican Childhood Palo Alto Schooling, Stanford Student Transatlantic Physiologist Edinburgh Physician Excitable Harvard High Altitude and Rapid Descent Auden, Anxiety, and the German Mind Belsen, "My Crucifix" Medical War Crimes Revelations Experimental Ethics Therapist for the German Patient UNESCO: At the Conscience of the World The Eau Vive Affair Sebastian Matthias Child Guide New York: "St. John the Psychiatrist" Hallucinations "Dying We Live" John Thompson's Writings: Published, Unpublished, and Lost Archives and Selected Bibliography Notes Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd A Man for All Seasons: Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD
Book SynopsisThe life and influential career of neurologist Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD., who in 1996 became the first chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester. In this stirring collection of essays, author Nancy Bolger leads the reader through the extraordinary life of Robert J. Joynt, MD, PhD, one of the most influential neurologists of the last half century. The story begins on the small-town streets of Iowa and takes us through military service and medical school, down the wedding aisle, and ultimately to a long and successful career at the University of Rochester, where Dr. Joynt became the first chair of thenewly created Department of Neurology in 1966. Along the way, we accompany Dr. Joynt on his travels to India, Canada, Ireland, London and Cambridge in England, and many other places, including a much-loved lakeside retreat in Minnesota where the family vacationed year after year. These pages tell of not only Dr. Joynt's life but also of those who inspired him, and how he in turn became a remarkable inspiration to others. Nancy W. Bolger is a writer and editor for the University of Rochester Medical Center. In 1992 she received the Robert G. Fenley Award of Distinction for Medical Science Writing from the Association of American Medical Colleges.Trade ReviewFor readers unacquainted with Bob Joynt's illustrious career, Nancy Bolger's book describes his personal and professional history elegantly and meticulously. The book sheds new light on his unflagging support and mentorship of many of behavioral neurology's earliest practitioners. * COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY *Table of ContentsForeword by Robert Holloway Preface Acknowledgments Growing Up in Corn Country Sergeant Joynt in India Becoming "Dr. Bob" Unraveling Neurology's Gordian Knot: Montreal, Canada Unraveling Neurology's Gordian Knot: Cambridge, England Unraveling Neurology's Gordian Knot: University of Iowa Dr. Bob Builds a New Department The Comic Spirit (and How He Wielded It) Dean Bob's Ten Commandments for Interns Dr. Bob, Editor Extraordinaire Onward and Upward, Dr. Bob! 1966-84 "Low Intellect in High Places" Stalking Sherlock Holmes Dean Joynt Takes the Helm Vice President Joynt's Team Builds for the Future Dr. Bob's "Dark Days" Life with Father The Man of Faith Curriculum Vitae
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Kent State University Press The Brilliance of Charles Whittlesey: Geologist,
Book SynopsisAn essential biography of one of Ohio's most influential—but overlooked—historical figuresThe Brilliance of Charles Whittlesey offers the first full-length biography of one of the most outstanding and influential Americans of the 19th century, Charles Whittlesey (1808–1886). Whittlesey advanced numerous fields, including geology, exploration, history, archaeology, and military strategy. However, until now, much of Whittlesey's work has been treated as a mere footnote of American history and largely neglected by historians. Stanley M. Totten's recovery of Whittlesey's life and work relies on Whittlesey's own insights and private papers, which provide a unique window into his many talents and interests as well as the hardships he endured. This exhaustive volume uncovers—perhaps most significantly—Whittlesey's important geological discoveries. Notably, Totten describes how Whittlesey accurately determined the amount by which oceans lowered during the height of the Ice Age. His geological maps of Native American earthworks were informational and enhanced our understanding of these ancient structures, although, as Totten persuasively argues, other geologists have undeservedly been given credit for Whittlesey's work. Totten also highlights Whittlesey's contributions during the Civil War and his work as a preservationist of historic materials on both the national and local levels. Drawing extensively from papers housed in the Western Reserve Historical Society, The Brilliance of Charles Whittlesey is an overdue, exhaustive biography that will undoubtedly serve as an important foundational text for future scholarship into each of these areas.Trade Review"Colonel Charles Whittlesey (1808-1886) was one of those few remarkable 'men for all seasons' of the 19th century whose contributions spanned the realms of natural science, military engineering, archaeology, and history, but for whom proper recognition is lacking. Stanley M. Totten's new book resolves this deficiency. ….the book is a valuable and detailed documentation of Charles Whittlesey's life's work, the significance of his many contributions, and particularly the development of scientific thinking in the mid-1800s."—Ohio Journal of Science Stanley Totten's readable and fact-packed book from original sources is an excellent tribute to a man who previously has barely surfaced in the history of the Midwest, despite his enormous contributions to our area and nation. Finally…Whittlesey has received the biographical treatment he deserves. —Smile Politely.com "Finally, we have a biography of Col. Charles Whittlesey, an adventurous pioneering geologist, a soldier, an engineer (both military and civil), an archaeologist, and a historian. You will find it a fascinating journey into the life of a major figure who is finally getting the attention he deserves."—Joe Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History "Charles Whittlesey was a transformational figure in 19th-century Ohio whose story has never been fully told—that is, until now. Stanley Totten's book, The Brilliance of Charles Whittlesey, is the first in-depth study of Whittlesey's life and career and is, in itself, a landmark publication. Absent Whittlesey, regional history would have evolved differently— and absent Stanley Totten's work, we would not be able to grasp the impact Whittlesey had during a long, productive, and event-filled lifetime."—John J. Grabowski, coauthor of Cleveland's Cultural Gardens: A Landscape of Diversity
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University of Iowa Press The Ninth Decade: An Octogenarian's Chronicle
Book SynopsisThe Ninth Decade is a path-breaking and timely book on aging: the first to focus explicitly and at length on eighty-somethings, the fastest-growing demographic in the industrialized world. Covering eight years in lively six-month installments, Klaus tells a vivid story not only of his own ninth decade and survival routines, but also of his loving companion, Jackie, who is strikingly different from him in her physical well-being, practical outlook, sociable temperament, and vigorous workouts. Cameos of their octogenarian friends and relatives near and far add to a wide-ranging and revelatory portrayal of advanced aging, as do bios of notable octogenarians. The multi-year scope of his chronicle reveals the numerous physical and mental problems that arise during octogenarian life and how eighty-year-olds have dealt with those challenges. The Ninth Decade is a unique, first-hand source of information for anyone in their sixties, seventies, or eighties, as well as for persons devoted to care of the aged. Though the challenges of octogenarian life often require specialized care, The Ninth Decade also shows the pleasures of it to be so special as to have inspired Lillian Hellman’s paradoxical description of “longer life” as “the happy problem of our time.”
£13.95
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Purdue University Press Alexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World
Book SynopsisAlexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World provides an interdisciplinary exploration into Humboldt's approach to seeing and describing the many subjects he pursued. Though remembered primarily as an environmental thinker, Humboldt's interests were vast and documented not just in his published works, but also in his extensive correspondence with scientists, artists, poets, and philosophers internationally. Perceiving the World covers Humboldt's perceptions during intercontinental travels and scientific discoveries, as well as how he visualized nature, geography, environments, and diverse cultures, including Indigenous Peoples.This collection draws heavily on the English translations of Humboldt's work housed in the Purdue University Archives, which were collected by John Purdue. The book is divided into three parts: Humboldt's contributions to science since the nineteenth century; his work on nature, climates, environments, and the cosmos; and his lasting cultural impact, including his imaging techniques, modes of visual presentation, and contributions to the arts. Humboldt's intricate approach to perception still resonates today, as his nuanced and unique way of seeing the world was just as important as what he wrote.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in
Book SynopsisBenjamin Rush (1745-1813) casts a long shadow over American medicine as well as over the social and political history of the American republic. The Philadelphia physician involved himself in numerous social, political, and scientific projects while maintaining a busy practice and lecturing to thousands of students over his career. As a result, attempts by historians to make sense of Rush and his world have been complicated and contradictory. Nevertheless, it is within that mixed narrative of the social, medical, and political that Rush's story becomes its most compelling. At the end of the Revolutionary War, new American citizens found themselves in a new country. For Rush and his colleagues, that newness extended beyond a change in political structure. They believed that the physical challenges of growing cities and western expansion and the psychological challenges of new identities came together in ways that could help or hurt American health. From his vantage point at one of the nation's few medical schools, located in its intellectual capital, Rush developed a reputation as America's physician—while mixing social and scientific ideas for the "improvement" of the country as a whole. Putting Rush in this context, Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in the Early American Republic goes beyond biography to explore his social and scientific networks and their role in the development of a distinctly American medical profession.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: "Truth is a Unit" Part I-Making an American System Chapter 1-The Education of Benjamin Rush Chapter 2-An American Physician Chapter 3-Making and Sharing Medical Knowledge Chapter 4-Learning from Bodies Part II-Using an American System Chapter 5-Explaining Variation in American Bodies Chapter 6-Confronting Climatic Ills Chapter 7-Care, Curing, and Prevention in American Institutions Chapter 8-Prepping the Next Generation of "Republican Machines" Epilogue Bibliography Abbreviations Sources Cited Index
£87.30
O'Reilly Media Geek Girl's Guide to Geek Women: An Examination
Book SynopsisThis hands-on book takes a look at four brilliant women -- Ada Lovelace, Anna Atkins, Hildegard Von Bingen, and Maria Telkes -- and the world-changing innovations they created. Walk in their footsteps as you discover how these women became inventors, learn what inspired them, and then try your hand at recreating their most famous inventions -- computer programs, solar photography, codes and ciphers, and water purifiers.
£9.98
H.W. Wilson Publishing Co. Nobel Prize Winners, 2002-2018 Supplement
Book SynopsisThis outstanding series presents detailed accounts of the lives and work of the 900 men, women, and institutions that earned the Nobel Prize from its inception in 1901.
£139.20
NewSouth Publishing Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win
Book SynopsisTwo Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story.In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two childhood friends from Adelaide – physicist Mark Oliphant and medical researcher Howard Florey – initiated the three most significant scientific and industrial projects of the Second World War. Manufacturing penicillin, developing microwave radar and building the atomic bomb gave the Allies the edge and ultimate victory over Germany and Japan.More than just a story of scientific discovery, Wizards of Oz tells a remarkable tale of secret missions, international intrigue and triumph against all odds. Mason tells how Oliphant and Florey were also instrumental in convincing a reluctant United States to develop and deploy these three breakthrough inventions in time to change the course of the war. The two Australians not only helped win the war but shaped the peace, with their war-time contributions continuing to influence international politics and the health and wealth of nations.Oliphant and Florey emerge in Wizards of Oz as the two most consequential Australians of the Second World War – perhaps of all time.
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Reaktion Books Carl Jung
Book SynopsisCarl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961), as well as being one of the pioneers of psychology, is one of the most controversial of thinkers: in spite of being largely responsible for the introduction of now-familiar psychological terms such as 'extrovert' and 'introvert', Jung has often been sidelined, remaining on the fringes of academic discourse. In this new account Paul Bishop reclaims Jung as a major European thinker whose true significance, even now, is not fully appreciated. Taking into account the role of Jung's recently published Red Book in the progression of his thought, Paul Bishop reassesses this divisive personality, reading Jung not only in terms of his biography, but also in light of his extensive reading and output. Jung once remarked that 'the tragedies of Goethe's Faust and Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra ...mark the first glimmerings of a breakthrough of total experience in our Western hemisphere.' In this critical biography Bishop takes up this suggestion and engages with Jung's scholarship in order to offer one of the fullest appreciations yet of his distinctive approach to culture. He finds in Jung's attempt to synthesize all the different parts of human life an enterprise that marks him out as one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century. Carl Jung provides a clear, compelling examination of the life and thought of a highly influential figure. Concise and accessible, the book is suitable for general readers as well as having much to say to scholars and students of Jung. Bishop provides a striking, fresh interpretation of this complex thinker - and offers reasons why we should appreciate him too.Trade Review"This excellent addition to the Critical Lives series is, says Paul Bishop, 'a biography of Jung in books.' In particular, Bishop locates Jung in a philosophical and literary context, demonstrating 'how deeply and profoundly Jung belongs to a broader stream of thought in German culture.' For Jung, his library was his laboratory and so this approach is especially valuable in revealing the significance of analytical psychology as a cultural project. . . . a wonderfully rich intellectual biography." --Guardian "A complex life has been given a sensitive and complex treatment, with many small corners of thought to dwell upon. Bishop has given both the student of Jung and the casual reader much to enjoy." --Metapsychology "Unlike many biographies of Jung, this is a balanced, unbiased portrayal. As part of the 'Critical Lives' series, the volume looks at Jung's life from childhood to death, examining the culture, contemporary thought, and philosophy of the time period." --Choice
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Watkins Media Limited Conversations with Einstein: A Fictional Dialogue
Book SynopsisBy power of thought alone, Albert Einstein gave us a fresh conception of the universe. He showed us that space and time are elastic - shrinking or expanding, speeding up or slowing down, depending on your movement. Beginning with an inspiring foreword by eminent Professor of Mathematics Sir Roger Penrose, the book is then divided into two parts: a biographical essay that provides a concise overview of Einstein's life, achievements, personal loves and public controversies; and a Q&A dialogue based on rigorous research and incorporating Einstein's actual spoken or written words whenever possible. Research physicist Carlos Calle brings Einstein to life through meticulously researched biographical interpretations of Einstein's revolutionary mathematical work. Relax and chat with this genius as he tells you about his work on relativity, his quest for a grand unifying theory of the cosmos, and personal matters - from the pleasures of sailing and music to his anxieties about the nuclear bomb he had helped unleash.
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Reaktion Books Alfred Russel Wallace
Book SynopsisSometimes referred to as the "Father of Biogeography," Alfred Russel Wallace has come to be known as the co-originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection, and he also wrote extensively on zoology, botany, anthropology, politics, astronomy, and psychology. Although notorious in his day for his unpopular and eccentric beliefs, he is still recognized as one of the leading figures in nineteenth-century British science. In this book, Patrick Armstrong illuminates the many facets of Wallace's long life, which extended from 1823 until the eve of World War I. He shows Wallace to be, in many ways, a more interesting character than his colleague and friend, evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin. Taking a psychological approach, this compact yet comprehensive biography gives insight into a man who was frequently plagued with misfortune; legal problems, inability to obtain full-time employment, and relationship troubles all vexed him. Armstrong unlocks the life of a restless traveler who, although raised with "a very ordinary" education, would go on to become one of the most influential, extraordinary scientists of his time.
£12.99
Liverpool University Press The House of Alice Roughton: Cambridge Doctor,
Book SynopsisFrom her home at 9 Adams Road in the university city of Cambridge, Alice Roughton (19001995) demonstrated a strongly altruistic lifestyle, housing young students, the mentally ill, artists, intellectuals, friends, persecuted homosexuals and refugees (German Jews in 1939, Hungarians in 1956 and Chileans in 1973). She practiced psychiatry and general medicine alongside personal activism such as medics against nuclear warfare and opposing the financing of urbanisation the latter related to the destruction of the historical centres of English cities. Alice was a patron of artists and intellectuals, including the Catalan musician Robert Gerhard and the German dancer Kurt Jooss. She befriended the economists J. M. Keynes and Joan Robinson, the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, the molecular biologist James Watson, as well as the composer Benjamin Britten, who held memorable concerts at her house, as well as many other dignitaries of science and the humanities. The House of Alice Roughton locates her professional medical work and private life activities and relationships within the sociological circumstances within which she lived circumstances that reveal the historical and cultural changes of a century that experienced two world wars, the advance of science and the overturning of lifestyle prejudices. The biography revolves around one location 9 Adams Road. Alice and her familys lived experiences act as a window onto the profound global transformations which took place from the second industrial revolution to the discovery of the structure of DNA From the Edwardian to the Contemporary. Her familys life story moves through tragic events in Switzerland to her husbands war years in America. Her biographers engagement with Alice begins in 1978, on a student holiday trip from his native Catalonia.
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Seagull Books London Ltd All the Land
Book SynopsisNow in paperback, a biography of the German scientist who came up with the idea of continental drift, telling of how he ended up journeying to Greenland in the winter of 1930—and died there. How, in 1930, did Alfred Wegener, the son of a minister from Berlin, find himself in the most isolated spot on earth, attempting to survive an unthinkably cold winter in the middle of Greenland? In All the Land, Jo Lendle sets out to chronicle Wegener’s extraordinary journey from his childhood in Germany to the most unforgiving corner of the planet. As Lendle shows, Wegener’s life was anything but ordinary. Surrounded by children at the orphanage his parents ran, Wegener was driven by his scientific spirit in search not only of answers to big questions but of solitude. Though Wegener’s life ended in tragedy during his long winter in Greenland, he left us with a scientific legacy: the theory of continental drift, mocked by his peers and only recognized decades after his death. Lendle gives us the story of this great adventurer, of the experiences that shaped him, resulting in a tale that is both thrilling and tender.Trade Review"However many books German writer and editor/publisher Lendle has written, this evocative novel of the life and work of Alfred Wegener, known ultimately for helping develop theories of continental drift, is the first to be given to us in English (and done in masterful manner by Katy Derbyshire). To arrive at that juncture there was first a life lived in Germany, son of a minister, and, eventually, exploratory treks across an unforgiving Greenland. It's rendered powerfully here, the journeying within as well as across the stark terrain." * Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company *
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Liverpool University Press Anatomy of Robert Knox: Murder, Mad Science and
Book SynopsisRobert Knox is now remembered chiefly as the Edinburgh doctor who dissected corpses supplied by Burke and Hare. His contemporaries knew him as the most celebrated anatomist in Britain, the author of a controversial book on race, and a radical natural philosopher with revolutionary ideas, who taught a generation of medical students that species and races were produced by the operation of biological laws, independent of design or providence. Though he did not achieve the theoretical breakthrough he hoped for, his writings offered a challenging alternative to Darwinism that anticipated later theories of rapid evolution. This academic biography is the first to examine the influence of Knox's radical upbringing, Parisian training and ethnological studies in the Cape Colony on the development of his 'higher' anatomy, which traced the multifarious forms of the animal kingdom to an ideal body plan supposedly common to all. New evidence is presented that the subsequent decline in his career, often attributed to the murder for dissection scandal, was a consequence of his opposition to the 1832 Anatomy Act and his refusal to comply with state regulation of anatomy schools. His uncompromising position is shown to have inspired the portrayal of anatomy in fiction -- where Knox appears more often than any other British doctor -- as a savage and ungovernable science. The book will appeal to all those interested in the far-reaching influence of Knox's anatomy on nineteenth-century medicine, evolutionary theory, aesthetics, physical anthropology, and the representation of anatomical science in popular culture.
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Liverpool University Press Very Good Sort of Man: Life of Dr Charles Lewis
Book SynopsisThe first ever biography of Dr Charles Lewis Meryon (17831877), born in Rye (Sussex), physician to Lady Hester Stanhope and companion on her travels on various different occasions (to Malta, Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the Lebanon) during which he met Lord Byron, the Pasha of Egypt, and famed traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, among many other characters and personalities; he was shipwrecked, attacked by pirates and lost for several days in the desert, in addition to living numerous other adventures; he was the father of tormented French artist Charles Meryon (the artist's mother's unrequited love for his father is told by means of their original correspondence), author of the two three-volume sets, The Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope and The Travels of the Lady Hester Stanhope, translator (Meryon mastered various languages both ancient and modern); poet, and revolutionary politician in his home town of Rye. The biography also includes an edition of his poem 'Tis all my Eye' and 'Betty Martin,' of which only five copies were ever printed. The last remaining copy in the UK was destroyed in the bombing of London in the Second World War, and the work was believed to be lost forever, but the last surviving copy was recently unearthed in Canada. The biography is a companion volume to the newly discovered Additional Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope: An Unpublished Historical Account for the Years 1819-1820, as recorded by her physician Charles Lewis Meryon, edited with an introduction by Mark Guscin.
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American Meteorological Society Father Benito Viñes – The 19th–Century Life and
Book SynopsisBefore Doppler radar and broadcast weather reports, Spanish-born Benito Vines (1837-1893) spent decades observing the skies at Belen Observatory in colonial Cuba, routinely issuing weather reports and forecasts to local newspapers. And before storm trackers and emergency alerts, Vines made it his mission to teach the public what he was learning about the weather. He developed the first network of weather observation stations in the Caribbean, and his research laid the groundwork for the hurricane warning systems we use today. His sometimes eerily accurate hurricane forecasts helped save many lives - earning him the nickname "the Hurricane Priest." Father Benito Vines is a fascinating look at the life of a man who worked on the cutting edge of weather science while still remaining devoted to his religious life. It explores Vines as both pioneer in the study of tropical meteorology and a colonial Jesuit priest. With notes that put his life into modern context, this book puts a much deserved spotlight on a figure who played a crucial role in making our lives safer.
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American Meteorological Society Verner Suomi – The Life and Work of the Founder
Book SynopsisAs the space age got underway in the wake of Sputnik, one of the earliest areas of science to take advantage of the new observational opportunities it afforded was the study of climate and weather. This book tells the story of Finnish-American educator, inventor, and scientist Verner Suomi, who, in those early days of space science, brought his pragmatic engineering skills to bear on finding ways to use our new access to space to put observational instruments into orbit. In 1959, Suomi’s work resulted in the launching of Explorer VII, a satellite that measured the earth’s radiation budget, a major step in our ability to understand and forecast weather. Drawing on personal letters and oral histories, the book presents a rounded picture of the man who launched the field of satellite meteorology—in the process changing forever the way we understand and interact with the weather around us.
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American Meteorological Society Too Near for Dreams – The Story of Cleveland
Book SynopsisAs director of the Cincinnati Observatory and, later, a civilian in the newly established forecast and storm warning division of the U.S. Army Signal Service, Cleveland Abbe was the first person to issue official, regularly scheduled weather forecasts, or “probabilities,” in the United States. Abbe began his work in forecasting in 1869, earning the nickname “Old Probabilities” and gaining recognition for the reliability of his reports. He would go on to become a leader of the US Weather Bureau—which we know today as the National Weather Service. In establishing a system for creating daily weather forecasts and more, this humble pioneer helped lay the foundation for modern meteorology in the United States.Set against the backdrop of nineteenth and early twentieth-century international events and scientific advancements, this biography of Abbe explores both his personal life and his scientific career. It illuminates his time spent in Russia in the mid-1860s—as the Civil War was waged and a president was assassinated back home—in part through letters with his mother. Decades of diaries and correspondence from the Cleveland Abbe Papers at the Library of Congress, as well as first-person accounts, illuminate this biography of a mild-mannered family man whose thirst for knowledge drove him to become a giant in an emerging scientific field.
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Springer International Publishing AG Psychiatry and the Human Condition: A Scientific
Book SynopsisThis book is the result of extensive archival research conducted on the Collection “Silvano Arieti Papers” held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. It offers readers the first scientific biography of the renowned Italian-born psychiatrist Silvano Arieti, who in 1939 emigrated to the United States, where he gained fame and recognition for his work on schizophrenia. In 1975, the second edition of his book, Interpretation of Schizophrenia, received the National Book Award in Science. The book has been cast as a twofold journey: an exploration of the life of a psychiatrist and scientist and an overview of twentieth century psychiatry and its significant issues, debates, and transformations. Readers will find useful insights for a better understanding of psychiatry as a discipline capable of portraying the complexity of human nature. Table of Contents
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Springer Thomas Kuhn
Book SynopsisFamily, Education, and Early Philosophy.- James Bryant Conant and Harvard University.- Kuhn’s First Philosophy of Science: The Lowell Lectures.- The History and the Sociology of Science.- The Construction of Structure.
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Diaphanes AG Albert Einstein′s Bright Ideas
Book SynopsisAt its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life's "big questions," however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children and curious grown-ups to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Socrates to Descartes, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging and often funny story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. In Albert Einstein's Flashes of Inspiration, the young Albert Einstein has a very important job: he must deliver electricity to the big Oktoberfest celebration in Munich. As he hurries from one merry-go-round to another, nothing seems to be going as planned. With his sister, Maja, Heinrich the dog, and Niels Bohr, a qualified dwarf-thrower, can he win a battle against the laws of the universe? The key just may lie in the question of whether a dumpling can fly faster than light?
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Springer Anders als gedacht Paradoxa der
Book SynopsisEin romantischer Vorsatz.- 1. Stationen im Leben.- 2. Runde Revolutionen.- 3. Genetische Geheimnisse.- 4. Peinliche Prognosen.- 5. Ein Blick in die Dunkelheit.- 6. Magie der Materie.- 7. Common Sense.- 8. Menschen mit Möglichkeiten.- 9. Neues mit Nebenwirkungen.- 10. Schöner als man glaubt.
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Newton: Kosmos - Bios - Logos
Book SynopsisIn 1936, following the sale of Newton's unpublished manuscripts at auction, the scientific world was shocked: it turned out that Newton's writings in physics and mathematics, often considered the foundations of modern science, were only a fragment of his writings, most of which were focused on theology and alchemy. In this study of Newton's work and thought, Irena stepanova argues for a Newton who was not the man of cold reason we know, but a "priest-scientist" with the life-long intention of carrying out an examination of God himself, as he revealed himself in both the world and in scriptural writings.
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Canoe Press A Life in Medicine and the Arts
Book SynopsisHenry Fraser’s entertaining autobiography starts with tales of a unique childhood growing up at the local governance centre of a rural parish in Barbados, where most parishioners visited the offices of his parents at the family home. This rich community involvement had a profound influence on his life of service. Sir Henry describes why he chose to study medicine at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, and so became a passionate West Indian. After specialization and PhD studies in London, he returned to Barbados and helped to build better health care there. He promoted rational therapeutics regionally and globally, working with PAHO and WHO, and his research centre and wide-ranging research have greatly benefited the Caribbean. His passion for teaching, patient care, mentoring and management shows throughout the book. Sir Henry has been described as the Renaissance man of Barbados: in addition to his remarkable medical career, he has been public orator for Barbados and for the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and an independent senator in the Barbados Senate (where he discovered the reasons for the syndrome he labelled Government’s Implementation Deficit Disorder or GIDD). His other lifelong passions have been art, architectural history and heritage preservation, and writing. His autobiography makes fascinating reading: he is a natural story teller and, as he often says, “History is his story.” The book is replete with captivating anecdotes and is illustrated with some of his paintings.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Return to China One Day: The Learning Life of
Book SynopsisThis open access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesen’s years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect of humanity. This book can be used as reference material for Qian Xuesen’s earlier years.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Family and Education.- Chapter 2 Serve the Country through Engineering.- Chapter 3 Life and Study in the United States.- Chapter 4 From Young Scholar to World-Class Scientist.- Chapter 5 Marriage and Family Life.- Chapter 6 Communism Enlightenment and Dedication to His Country.
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Oxford University Press Planck
Book SynopsisPlanck''s Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as the basis of all twentieth-century physics. Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck''s story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all destroyed with his home in World War II. What remains, other than his contributions to science, are handwritten letters in German shorthand, and tributes from other scientists of the time, including his close friend Albert Einstein.In Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War, Brandon R. Brown interweaves the voices and writings of Planck, his family, and his contemporaries-with many passages appearing in English for the first time-to create a portrait of a groundbreaking physicist working in the midst of war. Planck spent much of his adult life grappling with the identity crisis of being an influential German with ideas that ran counter to his government. During the later part of his life, he survived bombings and battlefields, surgeries and blood transfusions, all the while performing his influential work amidst a violent and crumbling Nazi bureaucracy. When his son was accused of treason related to a bombing, Planck tried to use his standing as a German national treasure, and wrote direct letters to Hitler to spare his son''s life. Brown tells the story of Planck''s friendship with the far more outspoken Albert Einstein, and shows how his work fits within the explosion of technology and science that occurred during his life. The story of a brilliant man living in a dangerous time, Brandon Brown gives Max Planck his rightful place in the history of science, and shows how war-torn Germany deeply impacted his life and work.Trade ReviewI loved every aspect of this engaging portrait of Max Planck. * Naomi Pasachoff, Metascience *Historians of leading physicists and their complex scientific theories will appreciate Brown's inclusion of many of them here. He valiantly tries to explain these theories in simple terms, including Einsteins work, but often comes up short. This is not a weakness but an indication that sections of this book are intended for advanced readers. Understanding the science is not necessary to appreciate the main points of the book, however. In the end, Brown's work is not just a reflection of one man, albeit a remarkable one, nor simply an examination of the collective contributions of his many colleagues. Rather, this book is also an examination of evil and the many ways that people reacted to it. * David Mills, H-War *Brandon Brown [focuses] on the tragedy of one man, the Nobel physicist Max Planck, whose son Erwin was executed because of nebulous connections to the plot to kill Hitler. The cruel inevitability of Erwin's fate is chillingly played out against the larger narrative of Plancks extraordinary life. Beautiful words describe terrible heartache. * Gerard DeGroot, Books of the Year 2015, The Times *Brown's fervour is inspiring. He has done a great service by shedding light on the life and work of a very brilliant though troubled individual, 'father of quantum theory' and witness to the greatest upheavals of the 20th century. * History Today, Giulia Miller *"[Planck's story] is told rather perfectly... Since memories are by nature random and ephemeral, there's nothing linear about the way [his story] unfolds. That's precisely what makes this book so special. * The Times *An illuminating biography... Brown interweaves a gripping backstory, ranging from Planck's landmark theoretical description of blackbody radiation to his loyal advocacy for fellow physicist Lise Meitner. * Nature *A captivating biography. * Physics Today *Planck had his flaws, but readers of this engrossing, insightful, and definitive biography will share Brown's admiration and agree that he deserves his iconic reputation. * Publisher's Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. October 1944 ; 2. April 1943 ; 3. June 1943 ; 4. October 1943 ; 5. December 1943 ; 6. January 1944 ; 7. February 1944 ; 8. March 1944 ; 9. May 1944 ; 10. June 1944 ; 11. July 1944 ; 12. August 1944 ; 13. November 1944 ; 14. January 1945 ; 15. April 1945 ; 16. May 1945 ; Coda: 1945-1947
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Oxford University Press The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Heinrich Rudolf Hertz 18571894
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Taylor & Francis Biographies of Scientists for SciTech Libraries
Book SynopsisThis book, first published in 1991, is an invaluable guide to biographies of scientists from a wide variety of scientific fields. These biographies are unique in that they explore the whole personality of the scientist, giving students a glimpse at the variety and drama of the lives beyond the well-known. Table of Contents1. Preface Cynthia A. Steinke 2. Introduction Tony Stankus 3. Mathematical Biographies: Profiles and Sources of Information on Eighteen Mathematicians Virgil Diodato and Michael Tolan 4. Computer Revolutionaries: A Guide to the Literature of Pioneers in Computing Charles Matthews 5. Biographies of Physicists: An Annotated Bibliography Donna E. Cromer 6. Lives of Chemists Gayle Baker and Marie Garrett 7. Biography in the Geological Sciences Flossie E. Wise 8. A Selection of Biographies of Animal Scientists Flora Cobb 9. Plant Breeders and Plant Geneticists: Biographical Information Dena Rae Thomas 10. Founders of Medical Techniques and Inventions: An Annotated Bibliography Andrea R. Testi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Clara M. Thompsons Early Years and Professional
Book SynopsisAnn D'Ercole tells the story of Clara M. Thompson, drawing extensively on unpublished archival interviews and correspondence, to provide a full and complex picture of an early American pioneer of psychoanalysis.The book begins by exploring Thompson's youth, which was steeped in evangelical Christianity, and conveys the difficulty that Thompson experienced as she resisted the restrictive conventions of femininity prevalent at the time. Despite this, Thompson's talent as a student continually shines through, as D'Ercole gives readers an account of Thompson's life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she would work alongside the innovative psychiatrist, Adolf Meyer. Thompson's ground-breaking theoretical and clinical achievements continue to be celebrated, as D'Ercole explores Thompson's life-changing experiences whilst in psychoanalytic treatment with Sándor Ferenczi.By allowing her voice to prevail, this book recognizes Thompson's vital work in the formulationTrade Review'In my candidacy at the White institute in the early fifties, I was interviewed by Dr. Thompson, took her courses, was in supervision with her and later came to know her during summers on the Cape. I am delighted to see this thoughtful and respectful book by Dr. D’Ercole. It is a labor of love by a prominent feminist psychoanalyst in tribute to a much-overlooked major contributor to psychoanalytic theory and practice. That is, of course, consistent with the treatment of women in most scientific venues at the time, but also "Clara’s" (we all called her that, but not always to her face) modesty led her to act as a portal to the work of Sullivan and Fromm - the two other founders of WAW. Dr. D’Ercole has done an outstanding job of explicating Dr. Thompson’s prescient contributions to modern psychoanalytic theory and practice but has also grasped her in her most human aspects. For all my long association with Dr. Thompson, and in spite of her friendliness and egalitarianism, I hardly knew her. I trust this outstanding book will remedy this oversight and revitalize a much-deserved interest in this most interesting and complex person.'Edgar Levenson is a fellow emeritus, faculty, training and supervisory analyst at the William Alanson White Institute; he is adjunct clinical professor of Psychology at New York University, and author of Fallacy of Understanding; The Ambiguity of Change; The Purloined Self; and Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and the Enigma of Consciousness'Clara Thompson was not only one of the most important leaders in the psychoanalysis of her time, but also one of the singular figures in the entire history of the discipline. She was a pioneer in so many ways, founding and then directing one of the most significant psychoanalytic institutes, bringing together the work of Erich Fromm and Harry Stack Sullivan to create interpersonal psychoanalysis, and creating one of the first bodies of work devoted to the psychology of women. She was one of those who created the study of gender and sexuality. She was a powerfully inspiring leader at a time when that was highly unusual for a woman in psychiatry or psychoanalysis. Thompson richly deserves Ann D’Ercole’s deep, thorough, and moving account of her life. This two-volume work is absolutely riveting, an instant classic that will be read and studied not only by psychoanalysts and other psychotherapists, but by anyone interested in cultural history, feminism, the history of psychiatry, and gender and sexuality.' Donnel B. Stern most recently authored The Infinity of the Unsaid: Unformulated Experience, Language, and the Nonverbal'Ann D’Ercole’s two-volume biography carefully documents and reveals Clara Thompson’s often-overlooked role and contributions to the development of interpersonal psychoanalysis in the United States. "Clara," as interpersonalists still refer to her today, was analyzed by Sandor Ferenczi in Budapest and worked closely with Harry Stack Sullivan, Erich Fromm and Frieda Fromm-Reichman. She was the first Director of the William Alanson White Institute in New York City (currently housed in the Clara Thompson building) and the training and supervising analyst for many pioneers of contemporary interpersonal and relational theory. D’Ercole has done an exemplary and engaging job of correcting this historical omission of Thompson’s foundational role as "An American Psychoanalyst".'Jack Drescher is a training and supervising analyst at the William A. White Institute; adjunct professor of the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; a clinical professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University; and senior psychoanalytic consultant at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research'Ann D'Ercole has accomplished a special scholarly work about Clara Thompson, M.D. Has Thompson having been a foremost student of Sandor Ferenczi placed her in the analytic shadows? Ann’s thorough, lively and insightful writing brings Thompson out of the shadows and into the limelight where she belongs. Ann’s outstanding research has clarified Thompson's brilliant contributions to psychoanalysis: a prominent figure in establishing the American School of Psychoanalysis; a leading contributor in the formation of the Interpersonal School of Psychoanalysis; a leading student and advocate of the work of Sandor Ferenczi and Henry Stack Sullivan; a founder of the William Alanson White Institute; a leading feminist of her time; a pioneering theorist and clinician in establishing the two person perspective in psychoanalysis. Ann’s biography of Thompson should become the premium resource that rediscovers the importance of Clara Thompson for psychoanalysis.'Arnold Wm. Rachman is a training and supervisory analyst at the Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Institute, NYC; clinical professor of Psychology at Adelphi University's Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Garden City, NY; associate professor of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center, NYC; donor of the Elizabeth Severn Papers, The Library of Congress; and recently authored Psychoanalysis and Society’s Neglect of the Sexual Abuse of the Children, Youth and Adults (Routledge).'In this engaging paean to the life of Clara Thompson, D’Ercole excavates, brings to life, and carries forth the historical record in adroitly making the case that Thompson deserves placement in the upper echelons of the pantheon of psychoanalysts. She plumbs the depths of her own personal connection to Thompson in illuminating the essential contributions of Thompson to the field of interpersonal psychoanalysis. A hidden gem, not just for readers unfamiliar with Thompson’s work, this is a must read for all.'Jean Petrucelli is faculty, training, and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute; adjunct professor and clinical consultant of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis; and most recently, co-editor of the book, Patriarchy and Its DiscontentsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Beginnings and Endings 1. Interview with Dr. Clara Thompson; Sigmund Freud Papers: Speaking Her Mind 2. Early Life and Education: From Conformist to Rebel 3. On Becoming a Professional (1916–1920) 4. On Clara Thompson and The Clinical Diary of Sándor Ferenczi 5. The Budapest Years: A Laboratory for a New Psychoanalysis
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