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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811983103321

Autore

Otis Laura <1961->

Titolo

Muller's lab / / Laura Otis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-029450-7

0-19-770767-X

1-281-15907-7

0-19-971916-0

1-4294-9194-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

611/.0092

Soggetti

Anatomists - Germany

Physiologists - Germany

Life sciences - Germany - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Muller's net -- Cells and selves : the training of Jakob Henle and Theodor Schwann -- Du Bois-Reymond as a scientific and literary creator -- Physiological bonds : the training of Hermann Von Helmholtz -- Rudolf Virchow's scientific politics -- Banned from the academy : the mentoring of Robert Remak -- Ernst Haeckel's evolving narratives.

Sommario/riassunto

Many scientific structures and systems are named after Johannes Mùˆller, one of the most respected anatomists and physiologists of the 19th century. This book tells his story by interweaving it with that of seven of his most famous students.