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Quotes about Emil du Bois-Reymond. Matteucci demonstrated that an injury current, the "demarcation current," flowed between the cut and intact surface of a muscle or nerve, that this current momentarily disappeared when the muscle contracted, and that a cut nerve could be excited when an underlying muscle twitched (the "induced twitch ...
Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818–1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture.
- Gabriel Finkelstein
- 2013
Science Quotes by Emil DuBois-Reymond (3 quotes) (source) Every ambitious scholar, especially one who has already attained achievements equal to yours, is Humboldt’s son; we are all his family.
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Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818--1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture. This biography by Gabriel Finkelstein draws on personal ...
- Gabriel Finkelstein
- 2013
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond — ‘Every scientist is a descendant of Humboldt. We are all his family.’
Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (born Nov. 7, 1818, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died Dec. 26, 1896, Berlin, Ger.) was the German founder of modern electrophysiology, known for his research on electrical activity in nerve and muscle fibres. Working at the University of Berlin (1836–96) under Johannes Müller, whom he later succeeded as professor ...
Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time (1818–1896) du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture.
