The dynamic heart and circulation
By: edited by Craig Holdrege ; translations by Katherine Creeger.
Contributors: Holdrege, Craig, 1953-; Creeger, Katherine.
Publisher: Association of Waldorf Schools of North America; AWSNA; Awsna
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Fair Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781888365399
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, -- 1749-1832 -- Philosophy; Cardiovascular System; Blood Circulation; Philosophy, Medical;  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Philosophy. 
Description: "Written by doctors, scientists, and teachers, the contributions in this book present a dynamic picture of the circulatory system that both balances and puts into perpective the prevailing one-sided mechanical explanations that dominate science and medical education."--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-151) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: The heart ; a pulsing and perceptive center / Craig Holdrege; title: The polarity of center and periphery in the circulatory system / Heinrich Brettschneider; title: The physiology of circulation : a reappraisal / Hermann Lauboeck; title: A dynamic morphology of the cardiovascular system / Wolfgang Schad; title: Patterns in the evolution of the heart and circulatory system / Christiane Liesche; title: The embryonic development of the cardiovascular system / Matthias Woernle.