Northern Light and Northern Times
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Northern Light and Northern Times

Swedish Leadership in the Foundation of Biological Rhythms Research, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 103, Part 2)

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Northern Light and Northern Times

Swedish Leadership in the Foundation of Biological Rhythms Research, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 103, Part 2)

About this book

Swedish biomedical researchers were important in the early development of the study of biological rhythms in the mid-20th century. This study looks at the foundation of biological-rhythm research (today called "chronobiology"). The first international society (Society for the Study of Biological Rhythm) was formed by a core group of Swedish scientists, who held their first meeting in Sweden, and who dominated the activities of this Society until the 1950s, when its membership became more international. Swedish researchers were therefore important for the emergence of this interdisciplinary field and for establishing its autonomy as a distinct field. The bulk of the book is a description of the early meetings of the International Society and the papers presented at those meetings, with biographical information on some of the key Swedish researchers.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. 1 Disciplining Biological Rhythms
  5. 2 Wilhelm Pfeffer and the Roots of Twentieth- Century Biological Rhythms Research
  6. 3 Biological Rhythms Research in Early Twentieth-Century Sweden
  7. 4 Why Sweden?
  8. 5 Why Ronneby?
  9. 6 The Meeting at Ronneby Brunn, 1937
  10. 7 Swedish Neutrality and Leadership of the International Society for the Study of Biological Rhythm in the 1940s and 1950s
  11. 8 The Society Becomes More International
  12. 9 Conclusion
  13. Index