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Brain, Mind, and Medicine - Charles Richet and the Origins of Physiological Psychology (Hardcover)
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Brain, Mind, and Medicine - Charles Richet and the Origins of Physiological Psychology (Hardcover)
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Charles Richet was one of the most remarkable figures in the
history of medical science. He is best known for his work on the
body's immune reactions to foreign substances for which he won the
Nobel Prize in medicine in 1913. Richet was also a poet,
playwright, historian, bibliographer, political activist, classical
scholar, and pioneer in aircraft design. Brain, Mind, and Medicine
is the first major biography of Richet in any language. Wolf
brilliantly situates Richet's work in the intellectual currents of
Europe during the latter half of the nineteenth and early twentieth
century. Richet was a contemporary of Wilhelm Wundt and William
James. All three considered psychology to be an aspect of
physiology governed by biological laws. But while James and Wundt
considered consciousness as a process influenced by experience
without much reference to neural structures, Richet's focus was on
the brain itself as shaped by genetics and experience and serving
as the organ of the mind. Brain, Mind, and Medicine illuminates a
significant chapter in scientific and cultural history. It should
be read by medical scientists, historians, and individuals
interested in medicine and psychology.
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