The Man of Science-His Methods and his Work

Leonhard Euler His Life, The Man, and His Work

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Euler’s birth (on April 15), an attempt is made to bring Euler’s genius to the attention of a broad segment of the educated public. The three stations of his life—Basel, St. Petersburg, and Berlin—are sketched and the principal works identified in more or less chronological order. To convey a flavor of his work and its impact on modern science, a sele...

Herman Boerhaave, the Man and his Work

Professor Lindeboom has assembled in this biography of the leading European physician of his age, twenty years or more deep study of Boerhaave and his works. It is a magnum opus which must for the foreseeable future remain the standard biography of a rare polymath, and it appeared happily in time for the tercentenary celebrations of Boerhaave's birth in 1688. Its publication ifils a longstandin...

Alfred Adler: the Man and His Work

Alfred Adler. The Man and His Work

Grafton Elliot Smith. The man and his work

his alma mater, held a celebratory symposium in 1972. The four addresses and fifteen papers given are published here under four headings: opening addresses; evolution of man; early man; diffusion of culture. Smith was remarkably versatile and the scientific contributions presented highlight his main interests, which were anatomy, human evolution, ethnology and physical anthropology. He was a wo...