Author: Purs, Jaroslav; editor:
Title: Jan Evangelista Purkyne in Science and Culture
Description: Praha, Ceskoslovenske akademie ved, 1988. orig.wrappers. 20x14cm, 1176 pp, TWO VOLUMES. Published in an edition of 600 copies.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Weighs 1 kilo. Contains 70 papers [45 in English, 19 in Czech, 6 in Russian (the Czech & Russian papers all contain short English summaries)] concerning Johannes Evangelista Purkinje. Includes: "J.E. Purkyne & Czech National Revival"; " Purkyne's Contribution to the Neuron Theory"; "J.E. Purkyne's Contribution to Sensory Physiology"; "Purkyne's Researches Included in Johannes Müller' s 'Handbuch der Physiologie'"; "J.E. Purkyne &Conditoned Reflexes"; "The Activity of J.E. Purkyne in Neurophysiology & Neuroscience"; "Achievements of J.E. Purkyne in the Physiology of Vision & Ophthalmology"; "J.E. Purkyne & Borderline Phenomena"; "J.E. Purkyne's Importance in the Development of Histology & Embryology"; "Purkyne's Concept of Creation & Mendel's Research in Heredity"; "Chemistry in the Physiological Concepts of J.E. Purkyne"; "Medical Experiments on Man & Purkyne's Observations on His Own Body"; "Purkyne's Contribution to Cardiology"; "Purkyne's First Systematic Investigations of the Vestibular System & Some Correlations with Modern Neurophysiology"; "The Synaptic Uniqueness of the Purkyne Cells"; "Signal Processing in Cerebellar Purkyne Cells"; "Models fo Excitation in Purkyne Fibres & Other Tissues in the Heart"; "J.E.Purkyne & Psychophysiology of Perceptual Cognitive & Sensory- Motor Processes"; " Psychophysiological Indices of Memory Retrieval in Man"; "Purkyne's Observations & the Current Research in Visual Motion Perception"; "J.E. Purkyne Discoverer of Ependyma & Recent Data on Heterogenity of Human Brain Ventricles"; etc.

Keywords: Johannes E. Purkinje, History of Science, Embryology, Physiology Anatomy, Nervous System, Medicine Medical, Neurophysiology, Psychophysiology, Jan Evangelista