Ivan Pavlov: A Very Short Introduction

Ivan Pavlov: A Very Short Introduction, 1 is a comprehensive biology reference published by Oxford University Press. Description By Daniel P. Todes In this book, Daniel P.

Key Features

- Todes provides concise introduction to the life and science of the great Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)
- Todes weaves together Pavlov's life, values, context, and science by focusing upon his quest to understand the psyche and the "torments of our consciousness".This introduction…
- Petersburg, through the cataclysmic destruction of his world during the Bolshevik seizure of power and civil war of 1917-1921, to the rebuilding of his life in his 70s as a…
- Fundamentally reinterpreting Pavlov's famous research on conditional reflexes, Todes shows that Pavlov was not a behaviorist, did not use a bell, and was uninterested in training…
- The Russian scientist sought to explain not merely external behaviors, but the emotional and intellectual life of animals and humans
- Furthermore, this iconic "objectivist" was a profoundly anthropomorphic thinker whose science was suffused with his own experiences and values
- Exploring the two unpublished manuscripts upon which Pavlov was working when he died, Todes shows the importance of his little-known experiments on chimps and explores his final…

Product Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: 1
Format: Publisher PDF
File Size: 20.4 MB
ISBN: 0190906693, 9780190906696, 978-0190906696