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Harvey's Heart Andrew Gregory

Harvey's Heart By Andrew Gregory

Harvey's Heart by Andrew Gregory

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The tale of William Harvey's momentous discovery - that the blood vessels form a closed system, carrying blood pumped rapidly around the body by the heart - is one of ingenuity, imagination and perseverence, and remarkable use of experiment, observation and skill.

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Harvey's Heart: The Discovery of Blood Circulation by Andrew Gregory

The tale of William Harvey's momentous discovery - that the blood vessels form a closed system, carrying blood pumped rapidly around the body by the heart - is one of ingenuity, imagination and perseverence, and remarkable use of experiment, observation and skill.

About Andrew Gregory

Andrew Gregory is Lecturer in History of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London.

Table of Contents

ContentsIntroduction

1 The Background to Harvey's Discovery

Galen; Galen on the Heart and Blood; Harvey;

The Renaissance; Vesalius; Fabricius;

Renaissance Art; Renaissance Art and Anatomy Harvey's Discovery of the Circulation

De Motu Cordis; The Circulation; The Venous

Valves; The Ligature Experiments; The Flow-Rate

Experiment; The Motion of the Heart; The Pulseand the Heart Valves3 The Nature of Harvey's Discovery

The Scientific Revolution; Harvey and Aristotle;

Harvey and Quantification; Harvey and Mechanical

Models; Harvey and the Natural Magic Tradition;

Harvey and Witchcraft; Harvey and the ScientificRevolution4 The Reception of Harvey's Discovery

Opposition to Harvey; The Theory of 'Ebullition';

What is Actually Seen?; Other Objections; The

Dispute with Descartes; Harvey's Later WorkConclusionFurther Reading Glossary

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GOR001308637
9781840462487
1840462485
Harvey's Heart: The Discovery of Blood Circulation by Andrew Gregory
Andrew Gregory
Revolutions in science
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