A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life

A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life
Author: Gerald Joseph Gruman
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2003-02-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780826118752

Dr. Gruman's book examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. He presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. This scholarly work contributes to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene and public health as well as the underlying psychological and social determinants of longevity and humanity's longing for its attainment.

The Petrine Instauration

The Petrine Instauration
Author: Robert Collis
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2011-12-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004215670

Drawing on recent scholarship on the history of Western esotericism and religious studies on the importance of millenarian thought in Early Modern Europe, this study provides an innovative re-examination of Peter the Great’s Court in early eighteenth-century Russia.

Discovery Of The Element

Discovery Of The Element
Author: Mary Elvira Weeks
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016429177

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Wreckage of Intentions

The Wreckage of Intentions
Author: David Alff
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-11-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812249593

The Wreckage of Intentions offers a comprehensive account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century projects—concrete yet incomplete efforts to advance British society during a period defined by revolutions in finance and agriculture, the rise of experimental science, and the establishment of constitutional monarchy.