Circulation - William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Wright was educated at Saint Thomas More RC School, Bedford, and Magdalen College, Oxford. His groundbreaking Oscar's Books (Chatto & Windus, 2008), a portrait of his hero Oscar Wilde though his reading, was hailed by Craig Brown as 'an original and eccentric landmark in the art of literary biography'. His play, Death in Genoa , was recently produced in London and broadcast on website of The Independent . He lives in Oxford. Klappentext "What I am really anxious to hear is the final cause of your monstrous fiction. For your false invention seems to have no purpose. What reason can you give me for the circulation of the blood?"William Harvey's theory of circulation was as controversial in its day as Copernicus' idea that the earth revolved around the sun. Unleashing intellectual anarchy derailing established ideas & gaining currency far beyond the walls of the College of Physicians Harvey's revolutionary theory went on to permeate the culture and language of 17th century England.Circulation charts the remarkable rise of the yeoman's son who demolished beliefs held by anatomists since Roman times going on to become arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Darwin & Newton. Zusammenfassung William Harvey's theory of circulation was as controversial in its day as Copernicus' idea that the earth revolved around the sun. This title charts the rise of the yeoman's son who demolished beliefs held by anatomists since Roman times, going on to become arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Darwin & Newton.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Wright
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9780099552697
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955269-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; MEDICAL / Cardiology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Cardiovascular medicine, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance