Nikolai Bernstein : from reflexes to the model of the future / Josef M. Feigenberg ; translator: Julia Linkova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feĭgenberg, I. M. (Iosif Moiseevich), author.

Contributor:

Linkova, Julia, translator.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Studien zur Geschichte des Sports ; Bd.17.

Standardized Title:

Nikolaĭ Bernshteĭn. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Bernshteĭn, N. A. (Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich), 1896-1966.

Bernshteĭn, N. A.

Kinesiology--History.

Kinesiology.

Physiologists--Russia--Biography.

Physiologists.

Human locomotion.

Human mechanics.

Physiology.

Reflexes.

Cybernetics--History.

Cybernetics.

Neurophysiologists--Russia--Biography.

Neurophysiologists.

Physiology--History.

History.

Neurophysiology--History.

Neurophysiology.

Russia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Zurich : Lit Verlag, [2014]

Contents:

Family, childhood and youth: The cornerstones of personality ; Family ; Older roots ; Childhood ; War

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

Bernstein and Pavlov: The first meeting ; The outcomes of Bernstein's early creative period ; Starting line

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

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

Afterword

After afterword

Appendix

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).

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783643905833

3643905831

OCLC:

893017166

Publisher Number:

99963135273