Cognition and Recognition: On the Origin of Movement
Rademaker (1887-1957): A Biography
Published on 27. November 2008
Book
Hardback
358 pages
978-90-04-16836-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book throws a penetrating light on the life and work of the physiologist turned neurologist G.G.J. Rademaker against the background of flourishing clinical research in the Netherlands of the early twentieth century. It charts the rise and fall of the branch of experimental neurophysiology of which Rademaker was a master, which was transmitted from Charles Sherrington in England to Rudolf Magnus at Utrecht and then to Rademaker, Magnus's most talented pupil. Reaching its apogee in the 1920s and 1930s, it was replaced after World War II by other less invasive approaches. This biography is a fitting memorial to a man who, though somewhat neglected in his own land, was recognised as a genius by his peers worldwide.
Reviews / Votes
"In our present times of image-mediated brain-centredness, Hogenhuis' book hopefully may contribute against too much forgetting on part of the professional historians of neuroscience."Max Stadler, Studium 2:4 (2009) 237-238.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
757 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-16836-7 (9789004168367)
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Cognition and Recognition: On the Origin of Movement
Rademaker (1887-1957): A Biography
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Person
Leon A.H. Hogenhuis, MD PhD, was born in Roermond (NL) in 1927, graduated M.D. in 1955 and PhD-DSc in 1969 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Leiden, from 1956-1957 Assistant in Clinical Neurology, University Hospital Leiden (Prof. Dr. G.G.D. Rademaker), from 1957-1958 Chief Assistant in Clinical Neurology, University Hospital Leiden (Prof. Dr. W. Verhaart), from 1958-1959 Assistant-etranger, Hospice de la Salpetriere, Paris (Prof. R. Garcin). Entered in Register of Physicians and Surgeons, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, The Hague, 1962 and in Register of Specialists in Neurology and Psychiatry (i.e. Neuropathology and Psychopathology) of the Royal Dutch Medical Association, Amsterdam, 1962. He published extensively in Dutch and foreign scientific books and journals.
Content
Foreword, Michel D. Ferrari, Leiden University Medical Centre
How to Use this Book
List of Illustrations
BOOK I. Account of the Biographical Approach and Sources Used. Definition
BOOK II. Experimental Physiology. Work in Magnus' Laboratory -'Koerperstellung'. The Facts
BOOK III. Physiology Leiden after Einthoven
BOOK IV. Wartime. The Philosophy behind Resistance. In memoriam Jan Mulders. Development of the Idea of Civitas Academica
BOOK V. Rademaker the Man
BOOK VI. The End of Postural Research. A Short Summary with Chronology
BOOK VII. The Intellectual Climate in the Netherlands
BOOK VIII. 'On the Origin of Movement'. History
BOOK IX. Geometrical - Trigonometrical Clue
Death
Rademaker's Legacy
Epilogue: Four Epiphanies
L'anecdote est le pretexte et l'histoire de l'intimite
Acknowledgments
Conclusion on the Model of Cognition Presented
How to Use this Book
List of Illustrations
BOOK I. Account of the Biographical Approach and Sources Used. Definition
BOOK II. Experimental Physiology. Work in Magnus' Laboratory -'Koerperstellung'. The Facts
BOOK III. Physiology Leiden after Einthoven
BOOK IV. Wartime. The Philosophy behind Resistance. In memoriam Jan Mulders. Development of the Idea of Civitas Academica
BOOK V. Rademaker the Man
BOOK VI. The End of Postural Research. A Short Summary with Chronology
BOOK VII. The Intellectual Climate in the Netherlands
BOOK VIII. 'On the Origin of Movement'. History
BOOK IX. Geometrical - Trigonometrical Clue
Death
Rademaker's Legacy
Epilogue: Four Epiphanies
L'anecdote est le pretexte et l'histoire de l'intimite
Acknowledgments
Conclusion on the Model of Cognition Presented