Ivan Pavlov : a very short introduction
Todes, Daniel Philip2022
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Abstract: Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) is famous for his Nobel Prize-winning studies of digestion and, especially, his investigations of conditional reflexes, through which he attempted to understand and ease the "torments" of human consciousness. Based on rich archival materials, this work provides a uniquely rich and readable introduction to his life and work. The book follows Pavlov from his youth as a provincial seminarian to his scientific studies, traumas, and professional success in the glittering capital of St. Petersburg through world war and two revolutions, international celebrity status, and his complex relationship with the Bolsheviks under Lenin and Stalin. Exploring Pavlov's quest to constrain the psyche within mechanistic law, the work explains his innovative experimental techniques and approach, discusses his interpretive practices as a physiologist, reveals the personalities and importance of his favorite experimental dogs, and analyzes his important, but little-known, experiments on chimpanzees. The work ends with a discussion of the two manuscripts on which Pavlov labored during his last days, which reveal the relationship between the great scientist's work and his psychological drive for certainty amid the unforeseeable calamities in life and express his final thoughts about the relationship between science, Christianity, and Communism.
Main title:
Ivan Pavlov : a very short introduction / Daniel P Todes.
Author:
Todes, Daniel Philip, author
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]©2022
Collation:
1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations (colour).
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Also available in Print and PDF edition.Description based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on June 06, 2022).
Linking notes:
Print version: Ivan Pavlov : a very short introduction. First edition. New York : Oxford University Press, 2022
Contents:
List of illustrations1 Winter at Koltushi2 Certainty: religious and scientific3 The haunted factory4 Pavlov's quest5 Come the Bolsheviks6 Nervous types7 Year of climaxes8 Final reflections9 EpilogueReferencesFurther readingIndex.
ISBN:
9780190906726 ((electronic book))9780190906696 ((print))
Dewey class:
153.1526
Language:
English
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BRN:
2580979
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