Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in Science

by Daniel P. Todes

Book Overview

Winner of the Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society

"Contrary to legend, Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) never trained a dog to salivate to the sound of a bell."

So begins this definitive, deeply researched biography of Ivan Pavlov. Daniel P. Todes fundamentally reinterprets the Russian physiologist's famous research on conditional reflexes and weaves his life, values, and science into the tumultuous century of Russian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199925194
• ISBN13: 9780199925193
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 880 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"