Nikolai Bernstein
Subtitle: from reflexes to the model of the future
By: Josef M. Feigenberg ; translator: Julia Linkova
Contributors: Linkova, Julia, translator
Series: Studien zur Geschichte des Sports -- Bd.17.; Studien zur Geschichte des Sports -- Bd.17.
Publisher: Lit Verlag
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Zurich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9783643905833
Subjects: Human locomotion; Neurophysiology; Physiologists; Kinesiology; Cybernetics; Human mechanics; Neurophysiologists; Reflexes; Physiology; Biography; History
Work titles: Nikolaĭ Bernshteĭn
Notes: Translation of: Nikolaĭ Bernshteĭn : ot refleksa k modeli budushchego. Moskva : Smysl, 2004.

"The English publication is somewhat different from the original Russian one: the illustrations have been significantly modified and expanded; the content of the book has also been modified"--Page x.

"This book was published in Russian in Moscow already in the year 2004. Now it is available in the English translation and, thus, more readily accessible to the general public in the Western world"--Page xii.

"Nikolai Alexandrovich Bernstein (1896 - 1966) is regarded as one of the most prominent scientists in the 20th century physiology. A skillful research scientist and a deep thinker, he laid the foundations for the contemporary biomechanics of human movements and theory of movement control. His contributions to the fields of neurophysiology are still highly valued by the international scientific community. This publication attempts to maintain and progress Bernstein's heritage."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Family, childhood and youth: The cornerstones of personality ; Family ; Older roots ; Childhood ; War; title: In search of and finding his path: The Institute of Labor ; Bernstein and Ukhtomsky ; Movements as a key to understanding the principles of brain functioning ; Bernstein and Vygotsky ; Expanding the scope of research ; Science and leisure; title: Bernstein and Pavlov: The first meeting ; The outcomes of Bernstein's early creative period ; Starting line; title: Construction of movements: War years (1941-1945) ; "Dexterity" ; Difficulties in movement control ; The sensory corrections principle ; Levels of movement construction ; The outcomes of Bernstein's second creative period; title: Physiology of activity: The stifling atmosphere ; Physiology on trial ; The first words of the newborn physiology of activity ; Physiology of activity gains strength ; Contacts with mathematicians ; Development of Bernstein's idea of the model of the future; title: Afterword; title: After afterword; title: Appendix; title: Selected papers of N.A. Bernstein: The main methodological principles of the physiology of movement (1949) ; New lines of developments in contemporary physiology (1962) ; From the preface to A.V. Napalkov and N.A. Chichvarina's brochure "Brain and cybernetics" (1963) ; Remarks on K.E. Tsiolkovsky's essay "Mechanics in biology" (1964) ; A few words on writing and handwriting (1966); From reflexes to the model of the future (1966).