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People and Idea Series
This
fascinating series seeks to place medical science inside a greater
historical framework, describing the main pathways of development and
highlighting the contributions of prominent investigators.
Circulation of the Blood: Men and Ideas
Edited by Alfred P. Fishman and Dickinson W. Richards
Provides a study of the origins, discovery, and progress of certain of
the great ideas of this branch of science. The authors have taken various
approaches to their subject matter, some chapters begin with the earliest
historical record while others begin much later. Throughout there are
valuable insights into how great scientific ideas are born.
"I found almost all of the chapters very readable and entertaining, as well
as providing valuable insight into how scientific ideas are born. . ."
Chest states, "This book should be of great interest to medical
historians, as well as to investigators interested in how the great concepts
of circulatory physiology were developed."
1982, 879 pp.; 248 illus., ISBN 019-520699-1
$58.95 $30.00, APS Member price:
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Membrane Transport: People and Ideas
Edited by Daniel C. Tosteson
A collection of personal accounts by investigators who have been at the
forefront of research in membrane transport. This volume provides a
fascinating look into the development of membrane transport physiology.
The Quarterly Review of Biology states, "This is a fascinating
collection of personal accounts which is a ‘must read' for anyone interested
in membrane transport or the history of the development of the current
picture of membrane transport physiology... No biology or medical library
should be without it."
1989, 420 pp.; 94 illus., ISBN 019-520773-4
$68.25 $35.00, APS Member price:
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Endocrinology: People and Ideas
Edited by S. M. McCann
This volume describes the principal ideas and developments in
endocrinology from the time of Aristotle through the most recent
discoveries. Over the years, the field has involved an intertwining of
information gained through clinical medicine with physiology, biochemistry,
and genetics to discover a host of hormones, unravel their structure, and
determine their function and mechanism of action. An excellent picture of
this exciting area of physiology and the people involved in its growth.
1988, 484 pp.; 79 illus., ISBN 019-520718-1
$78.75 $40.00, APS Member price:
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A Life of Ernest Starling
By John Henderson
Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in he golden age
of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his Law of the
Heart, but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action
was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important
contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His
analysis of capillary function demonstrated that equal and opposite forces
move across the capillary wall--an outward (hydrostatic) force and an inward
(osmotic) force derived from plasma proteins. Starling was much more than a
gifted scientist. he held passionate views on many subjects -- education,
London University, Germany and the British Government, etc. -- and was not
slow to vice them. Time has shown most of his views to be right, but their
publication may have hampered his worldly success. Working on defense
against poison gas during WWI, he crossed swords with the war officer. After
resigning his commission as colonel, he became chairman of the committee
supervising British nutrition and successfully introduced food rationing.
2005, 256pp.; 33 halftones, 10 line illus., ISBN
019-517780-0
$59.50, APS Member Price: $38.70
To
order this book, contact Elsevier Customer Service (phone:
1-800-545-2522). To receive your 35% membership discount, please
reference discount code 86833 when ordering.
Exercise Physiology: People and Ideas
Edited by Charles M. Tipton
This is the first history of exercise physiology written
from a systems perspective. The significance of human exercise experiments
is emphasized, and the range of coverage is very wide. Among the figures
whose thinking or work are discussed are Galen, Avicenna, Descartes, Edward
Smith, Seguin, Krogh, A.V. Hill, Henry Taylor, Zuntz, Ingle, Palladin, Galbo,
and Bloor. Throughout the book controversies are acknowledged and
differences of viewpoint presented. After an introductory chapter on early
ideas about the physiology of exercise and the training of athletes, there
are eleven in-depth accounts of the development of scientific thinking about
the responses of key physiological systems to the conditions of acute and
chronic exercise, as well as their coupling with integrative responses. They
cover the neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, autonomic, oxygen
transport, metabolic, renal, endocrine and temperature regulation systems,
among others. The authors of these chapters are very well-qualified. Two
have received the Olympic Prize in the sport sciences, seven the Honor Award
for Research in sports medicine and exercise science, and five have given
the Adolph Lecture in environmental and exercise physiology for the American
Physiological Society. No other volume offers such a broad and authoritative
set of historical perspectives on exercise physiology.
- 2003, 528 pp.; 97 illus., ISBN 019-512527-4
$85.00
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Respiratory Physiology: People and Ideas
Edited by John B. West
"This is as close to being impossible to put down as any scientific book
I have seen... The names of the contributors ensure success... They provide
accounts that are uniformly of high quality and entirely suitable as an
introduction to respiratory physiology for the budding researcher... What
the reader gets is...the excitement of the research, the interactions
between people from different backgrounds, the discussions and the times
when the light suddenly switches." - Canadian Respiratory Journal.
This book offers a first-hand chronicle of the advancements made in
respiratory physiology in the course of this century by one of the principle
figures in the field. The volume covers every aspect of the evolution of
this important area of knowledge: morphology; gas exchange and blood flow,
mechanics, control of ventilation, and comparative physiology.
1996, 448 pp.; 147 illus., ISBN 019-508081-5
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Moving Questions: A History of Membrane
Transport and Bioenergetics
Edited by Joseph D. Robinson
"The author synthesizes results of studies on red cells, frog skin,
excitable tissues, and others into a coherent picture of the evolution of
transport physiology and bioenergetics that would benefit many who are
embarking on or who are in the early stages of a career relating to membrane
transport. The pace is measured enough to cover the main points, yet brisk
enough that the reader does not lose interest." - Doody's Journal.
This book describes half a century of progress in two mainstream areas of
biological research: membrane transport, initially a focus of physiologists,
and oxidative phosphorylation, initially a focus of biochemists. Robinson
shows how the development of new explanatory models unexpectedly merged
these inquiries into a new field, bioenergetics.
1997, 392 pp.; 86 illus., ISBN 019-510564-8
$89.25 $45.00, APS Member price:
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High Life: A History of High-Altitude
Physiology and Medicine
By John B. West
The history of high-altitude physiology and medicine is such a rich and
colorful topic that it is surprising that no one has undertaken a
comprehensive account before. There are so many interesting ramifications
from the early balloonists to the various high-altitude expeditions,
culminating in the great saga of climbing Mount Everest without
supplementary oxygen. Underpinning this variety of areas is the basic
biological challenge of hypoxia and how humans and other organisms adapt to
it. This topic is of key importance in several areas of medicine including
pulmonary, critical care, anesthesiology and cardiology, but it is also of
general interest to many other life sciences such as biology and ecology,
because hypoxia is encountered by many organisms throughout the animal
kingdom.
The book covers the topic from its earliest beginnings with the Greeks to
the last two or three years. The coverage is very broad with special
sections devoted, for example, to China, Japan, India, and Russia. The book
is profusely illustrated with 191 illustrations and includes over 800
references. Three appendixes cover the chronology of main events, databases
of high-altitude publications and tables of high-altitude locations, and
there is a list of classical books on high-altitude physiology and medicine.
Along with narratives of some of the classical explorations and
high-altitude expeditions.
1998, 51 pp., 191 illus., ISBN 019-512194-5
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