Man, the unknown

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Some opinions of this book : —
The Times
"In this volume he gives an informative, readable, vivid, and stimulating account of those aspects of man with which he is exceptionally familiar. Two long sections devoted respectively to 'Body and Physiological Activities' and 'Adaptive Functions' are as lively and as suggestive bits of physiological exposition as could be found. In these chapters Dr. Carrel speaks with authority and knowledge."
Sunday Times
"Dr. Carrel set himself the task of writing this remarkable and challenging book, 'because somebody had to undertake it'—because, he believes, under the conditions of modern civilisation, man is degenerating, physically and morally, and must change his ways if he is to survive. . . . Man, the Unknown, is both an introduction to the new science and to apply its conclu-
sions to the problems of modern life. It is shown how the body, despite its amazing complexity, functions as a single unity, each organ of which affects the rest;... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Some opinions of this book : —
The Times
"In this volume he gives an informative, readable, vivid, and stimulating account of those aspects of man with which he is exceptionally familiar. Two long sections devoted respectively to 'Body and Physiological Activities' and 'Adaptive Functions' are as lively and as suggestive bits of physiological exposition as could be found. In these chapters Dr. Carrel speaks with authority and knowledge."
Sunday Times
"Dr. Carrel set himself the task of writing this remarkable and challenging book, 'because somebody had to undertake it'—because, he believes, under the conditions of modern civilisation, man is degenerating, physically and morally, and must change his ways if he is to survive. . . . Man, the Unknown, is both an introduction to the new science and to apply its conclu-
sions to the problems of modern life. It is shown how the body, despite its amazing complexity, functions as a single unity, each organ of which affects the rest; and from this unity mind and spirit cannot be dissociated. Civilisation has sacrificed mind to matter, and is thereby destroying both the sense of beauty and physical strength. Dr. Carrel has much of interest to say about education. . . . This book gives us plenty to think about, and will arouse much controversy."
Times Literary Supplement
"What he has done is to present in a lively— almost exciting—way the more significant facts of human physiology and micro-anatomy so far as they have yet been discovered; and to formulate a number of proposals for the control of human development by trained scientists living apart from the ordinary world of man."
HAMISH HAMILTON . PUBLISHER Vissza