Circulation
Subtitle: William Harveys revolutionary idea
By: Thomas Wright
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780701185732
Subjects: Physicians; Circulation; History, 17th Century; Anatomists; Physiologists; Blood; Intellectual life; Medicine; Human anatomy; Biography; History
Description: William Harvey's theory of circulation was as controversial in its day as Copernicus' idea that the earth revolved around the sun. This title charts the rise of the yeoman's son who demolished beliefs held by anatomists since Roman times, going on to become arguably the greatest Englishman in the history of science after Darwin and Newton.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.