The history of neuroscience in autobiography
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The history of neuroscience in autobiography
Society for Neuroscience, c1996-
- v. 1
- v. 2
- v. 3
- v. 5
- v. 6
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Pub of vol. 2-3 : San Diego : Academic Press
Pub. of vol. 5: Amsterdam : Elsevier Academic Press
Pub. of vol. 6: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 5 ISBN 9780123705143
Description
This fifth book of autobiographical essays by distinguished senior neuroscientists includes contributions by Samuel H. Barondes, Joseph E. Bogen, Alan Cowey, David R. Curtis, Ennio De Renzi, John S. Edwards, Mitchell Glickstein, Carlton C. Hunt, Lynn T. Landmesser, Rodolfo Llinas, Alan Peters, Martin Raff, Wilfred Rall, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Arnold Bernard Scheibel, and Gerald Westheimer. This collection of fascinating essays should inform and inspire students and working scientists alike. The general reader interested in science may also find the essays absorbing, as they are essentially human stories about commitment and the pursuit of knowledge.
Table of Contents
Samuel H. Barondes. Joseph E. Bogen. Alan Cowey. David R. Curtis. Ennio De Renzi. John S. Edwards. Mitchell Glickstein. Carlton C. Hunt. Lynn T. Landmesser. Rodolfo Llinas. Alan Peters. Martin Raff. Wilfred Rall. Mark R. Rosenzweig. Arnold Bernard Scheibel. Gerald Westheimer.
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v. 2 ISBN 9780126603026
Description
This book is the second volume of autobiographical essays by distinguished senior neuroscientists; it is part of the first collection of neuroscience writing that is primarily autobiographical. As neuroscience is a young discipline, the contributors to this volume are truly pioneers of scientific research on the brain and spinal cord. This collection of fascinating essays should inform and inspire students and working scientists alike. The general reader interested in science may also find the essays absorbing, as they are essentially human stories about commitment and the pursuit of knowledge. The contributors included in this volume are: Lloyd M. Beidler, Arvid Carlsson, Donald R. Griffin, Roger Guillemin, Ray Guillery, Masao Ito. Martin G. Larrabee, Jerome Lettvin, Paul D. MacLean, Brenda Milner, Karl H. Pribram, Eugene Roberts and Gunther Stent.
Table of Contents
Preface to Volume 1. Preface to Volume 2. Lloyd M. Beidler. Arvid Carlsson. Donald R. Griffin. Roger Guillemin. Ray Guillery. Masao Ito. Martin G. Larrabee. Jerome Lettvin. Paul D. MacLean. Brenda Milner. Karl H. Pribram. Eugene Roberts. Gunther Stent. Index of Names.
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v. 3 ISBN 9780126603057
Description
This book is the third volume of autobiographical essays by distinguished senior neuroscientists. As neuroscience is a young discipline, the contributors to this volume are truly pioneers of scientific research on the brain and spinal cord. It is fascinating to hear their stories first-hand and to learn what has inspired and shaped the careers of the best neuroscientists of our time. In this volume, 13 outstanding neuroscientists tell the stories of their scientific work. Within their writings, they discuss major events that shaped their discoveries and their influences, as well as people that inspired them and help shape their careers as neuroscientists. This collection of fascinating essays should inform and inspire students and working scientist alike. The general reader may also find the book absorbing, as they are essentially human stories about commitment and the pursuit of knowledge.
Table of Contents
Previous Contributors. Preface to Volume 1. Preface to Volume 2. Preface to Volume 3. Morris H. Aprison. Brian B. Boycott. Vernon B. Brooks. Pierre Buser. Hsiang-Tung Chang. Augusto Claudio Guillermo Cuello. Robert W. Doty. Bernice Grafstein. Ainsley Iggo. Jennifer S. Lund. Patrick L. McGeer and Edith Graef McGeer. Edward R. Perl. Donald B. Tower. Patrick D. Wall. Wally Welker. Index of Names.
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v. 6 ISBN 9780195380101
Description
The sixth volume of The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography is a collection of autobiographical essays by notable senior scientists who discuss the major events that shaped their discoveries and their influences, as well as the people who inspired them and helped shape their careers as neuroscientists. Each entry also includes a complete CV so that the interested reader may see their rise through the ranks as they achieved some of the highest honors in
neuroscience.
Table of Contents
- Previous Contributors
- Preface to Volume 1
- Preface to Volume 6
- Bernard W. Agranoff
- Emilio Bizzi
- Marian Cleeves Diamond
- Charles G. Gross
- Richard Held
- Leslie L. Iversen
- Masakazu Konishi
- Lawrence Kruger
- Susan E. Leeman
- Vernon B. Mountcastle
- Shigetada Nakanishi
- Solomon H. Snyder
- Nobuo Suga
- Hans Thoenen
- Index of Names
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