Biological Time, Lecomte du Nouy, 1937, 1st Ed, History of Science Scarce Book

Description: P. Lecomte du Nouy. Biological Time. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1937. First American Edition, Hardcover,pp. 180; 8 by 5-1/4 inches; illustrated with sketches, diagrams, charts; Foreword by Alexis Carrel. Blue cloth with gold titles on spine. Topics include: Life (Biology), Time, Wounds and injuries, Tissue culture, Biological Clocks, Biology, Philosophy, Medical, Wounds and Injuries NOTES: (From Wikipedia) -- Pierre Lecomte du Noüy (1883 – 1947) was a French biophysicist and philosopher best remembered by scientists for his work on the surface tension, and other properties, of liquids. He was an associate member of the Rockefeller Institute working in Alexis Carrel's lab from 1920 through 1928, head for 10 years of the biophysics division of the Pasteur Institute, and the author of some 200 published papers. He invented the Tensiometer, a scientific apparatus that used his du Noüy ring method to measure the surface tension of liquids. Du Noüy believed that mankind should have confidence in science, but be aware that we know less about the material world than is commonly believed. Alexis Carrel (1873 – 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles A. Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. His positive description of a miraculous healing he witnessed during a pilgrimage earned him scorn of some of his colleagues. This prompted him to relocate to the United States, where he lived most of his life. He had a leading role in implementing eugenic policies in Vichy France. A Nobel Prize laureate in 1912, Alexis Carrel was also elected twice, in 1924 and 1927, as an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.Please see the pictures for detail.

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