Roy Porter Book order (chronological)

S.E. Porter, critically-acclaimed YA author of Vassa in the Night, bursts onto the adult fantasy scene with her adult novel that is sure to appeal to fans of Jeff Vandemeer and China Mieville

A magisterial account by Roy Porter of representations of the body in health, disease and death.

Exploring the evolution of attitudes towards health and medicine, this book highlights the significant impact of the Enlightenment on modern perspectives. Roy Porter delves into the life and ideas of Thomas Beddoes, an influential 18th-century doctor known for his radical and often humorous views on illness and the medical profession. By examining Beddoes' provocative discussions, the book reveals how many contemporary medical debates resonate with the issues he addressed, offering insights into the ongoing relationship between society and medicine.

The original words announcing great scientific discoveries, from the first 'Eureka!' to the cloning of Dolly the sheep, can all be found in this fascinating addition to the world-famous Oxford Quotations series. An essential reference tool, put together over fifteen years with the assistanceof a distinguished team of specialist advisers, it includes full author descriptions, exact sources, and a word-finding index for easy reference. Scholarly but accessible, it also presents the human face of science, as scientists reflect on achievements and failures in their own lives and those ofothers. For example, you've probably already hear Darwin's own thoughts on natural selection, but how about his assessment of the pros and cons of marriage?From Archimedes to Einstein and beyond, the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations charts the progress of the great ideas of science. It is an engaging and surprising read for all lovers of science, history, or wit.

Geschröpft und zur Ader gelassen erkundet die vielfältige, oftmals seltsame und manchmal schauerliche Art und Weise, in der die Menschen über die Jahrhunderte hinweg versucht haben, Krankheiten zu bekämpfen. Roy Porter, weltweit einer der renommiertesten Medizinhistoriker, verschafft uns mit profunder Sachkenntnis und tiefgründigem Humor einen Überblick über die Geschichte der Medizin.

Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. schovat popis

What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. schovat popis

Porter v jediném úctyhodném svazku shrnul celou neobyčejně bohatou historii boje člověka s neduhy a chorobami sužujícími lidský organismus od časů Asklépiových po novodobou epidemii AIDS. Literární styl je vytříbený a erudice, s níž téma pojednává, obdivuhodná. Kniha přináší celkový pohled na dané téma, hlubší sondy do jednotlivých konkrétních problémů a úseků dějin medicíny....

A history of the Enlightenment retraces the innovations in representative government, industrialization, religious tolerance, and individualism that made the eighteenth century so important in the history of England, and the world.

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. This work makes a case for considering Britain the true home of modernity - a country driven by an exuberance, diversity and power of invention comparable only to twentieth-century America. schovat popis

Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole, Blake, Mayhew, Wells, Woolf, and Spark. It is a celebration of the city and also an elegy for its decline, with statistics and anecdote, from Boadicea to Betjeman. schovat popis

Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class.

A definitive study of the history of medicine, from the earliest humans to the present day.

This book combines the expertise of practitioners and researchers to address the wide range of debates currently taking place in relation to the politics of the practitioner-client relationship.

From its formation to the present. Through various periods of government, rulers, social conditions.

The short entries give facts on chief personalities, events, wars, political and social developments while the longer essays interpret the century. Includes a chronology, maps and charts showing world rulers at that time

Knapp, fundiert und allgemeinverständlich überprüft der englische Sozial- und Medizinhistoriker die wichtigsten Interpretationen und Fragen der Aufklärung auf ihre aktuelle Gültigkeit und Modifizierbarkeit.

This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.

This text offers a picture of eighteenth-century England. It ranges from princes to paupers, and from the metropolis to smallest hamlet. It offers vivid images of the thought, politics, work and recreation of Englishmen at his time

Тринадцать оригинальных эссе в этой книге исследуют статус и развитие наук в восемнадцатом веке. Последнее поколение стало свидетелем революции в методологии, принятой историками. Развитие науки больше не описывается как стабильный прогресс к истине – уверенности уступили место вопросам. Эссе в этом томе scrutinize эти меняющиеся перспективы в историографии и рекомендуют пути для будущих исследований. Восемнадцатый век был запущенной и часто неправильно понимаемой эпохой в развитии науки, слишком часто рассматриваемой как некий спад между величественными достижениями 'Научной революции' и девятнадцатым веком. Тем не менее, это был период значительных достижений; он стал свидетелем становления таких областей, как электричество и тепло, 'химическая революция', новая наука о газах, изоляция кислорода, небулярная гипотеза в космологии, основание рациональной механики и зарождение биологии, геологии и психологии. Это действительно была эпоха, когда знание находилось в состоянии брожения.