Science and Technology in Medicine: An Illustrated Account Based on Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications from Five Centuries / Edition 1

Science and Technology in Medicine: An Illustrated Account Based on Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications from Five Centuries / Edition 1

by Andras Gedeon
ISBN-10:
0387278745
ISBN-13:
9780387278742
Pub. Date:
02/16/2006
Publisher:
Springer New York
ISBN-10:
0387278745
ISBN-13:
9780387278742
Pub. Date:
02/16/2006
Publisher:
Springer New York
Science and Technology in Medicine: An Illustrated Account Based on Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications from Five Centuries / Edition 1

Science and Technology in Medicine: An Illustrated Account Based on Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications from Five Centuries / Edition 1

by Andras Gedeon

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Overview

The history and evolution of the fields of science and medicine are symbiotically linked and thus are mutually dependent. Discoveries in one domain have allowed for progress in the other, and it is nearly impossible to study one area in isolation. The influence of science and technologic discoveries on medicine has profoundly impacted the way physicians practice and has resulted in an extended life expectancy and quality of life that our ancestors never dreamed possible. Science and Technology in Medicine is a collection of 99 essays based on landmark publications that have appeared in the medical literature over the past 500 years. Each essay includes a summary of the article or chapter; text and images reproduced directly from the original source; a short biography of the author(s); and a discussion about the significance of the discovery and its subsequent influence on later developments. Original material by the likes of Dürer, Bernoulli, Doppler, Pasteur, Trendelenburg, Curie and Röntgen offers readers a rare glimpse at publications housed in archives around the world, beautifully reproduced in one fascinating volume.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387278742
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 02/16/2006
Edition description: 2006
Pages: 542
Product dimensions: 8.66(w) x 10.63(h) x 0.06(d)

Table of Contents

by Jeremy M. Norman.- Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications at a glance.- Ninety-Nine Landmark Publications.- Timeline and topics at a glance.- The network of interrelationships.
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