The Way of an Investigator: A scientist's experiences in medical research
by Cannon, Walter B
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- first
- Condition
- very good: mild shelf wear, toning and offset to endpapers, writing in pencil on rear paste down and endpapers, pencil notes in /good: edge and corner wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($3.00)
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About This Item
New York: WW Norton & Company, 1945. hardcover. very good: mild shelf wear, toning and offset to endpapers, writing in pencil on rear paste down and endpapers, pencil notes in index, otherwise text clean, binding tight./good: edge and corner wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($3.00). 8vo 229pp. first edition, later printing. scarce. from front flap: "The Way of an Investigator is at once something of an autobiographical account of Dr. Cannon's work and a description of how the scientific investigator goes about doing his job." autobiography of physiologist, professor, and Chairman of the Department of Physiology at Harvard Medical School. Popularized the term "fight or flight" and developed the theory of homeostasis. #01169.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1096
- Title
- The Way of an Investigator
- Author
- Cannon, Walter B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: mild shelf wear, toning and offset to endpapers, writing in pencil on rear paste down and endpapers, pencil notes in
- Jacket Condition
- good: edge and corner wear, rubbing, NOT clipped ($3.00)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- autobiography, memoir, science, physiology, nonfiction, first edition
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