David Abercrombie

Michael Abercrombie (1912-1979).

Michael Abercrombie 14 August 1912 to 28 May 1979.

Kellie and Abercrombie in understanding intracranial blood circulation

The so-called Monro-Kellie doctrine states that with an intact skull, the sum of the volume of the brain plus the cerebrospinal fluid volume plus the intracranial blood volume is constant. Therefore an increase in one should cause a reduction in one or both of the remaining two. The researcher who expressed the doctrine in such a way was indeed Harvey Cushing in 1925, during a lecture in Edinbu...

Making Kids Sexy: Sexualized Youth, Adult Anxieties, and Abercrombie & Fitch

Even the least critical consumers of media images must admit that there is something different to how Abercrombie & Fitch does business. While many companies over the last century have used sex and innuendo to enhance the desirability of their products and increase sales, Abercrombie & Fitch at times appears to be selling the sexualization of youth itself, with its clothing lines as the simple ...

The evolution of cities: Geddes, Abercrombie and the new physicalism

Michael Batty is Bartlett Professor of Planning, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7HB; email: [email protected]. Stephen Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Planning, Bartlet School of Planning, University College London, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0BJ; email: [email protected] One hundred years ago, the first coordinated rea...