History of General Physiology 600 B.C. to A.D. 1900 Volume 2: From the Enlightenment to the End of the Nineteenth Century

This two-volume history of biological endeavor, dating from 600 B.C. to A.D. 1900, with added notes on twentieth-century progress discusses the theories of more than eighty major figures in the history of science, as well as the application of those theories to specific aspects of organic function. Students will discover here an enlightening introduction to the history of science. The work will serve as a reference for biologists, historians of biology and medicine, and intellectual historians. Volume II begins with 1750-1800: Mechanicism and Vitalism