Extremes: Oceanography’s Adventures at the Poles History of Technology xvi + 396pp

xvi + 396pp

These two parts of Pirogov's diary give the reader a vitally interesting account of Pirogov the man

The author relates how the hospital and medical school’s mission and culture informed and focused the aspirations and goals of its faculty and trainees

the disruption of civic life and economy and the medical and public health response to this epidemic have turned it into a historical and historiographical case study par excellence

“…tell(s) the dramatic story of modern surgery since World War II

Extremes: Oceanography’s Adventures at the Poles History of Technology xvi + 396ppBenson, Keith R., and Helen M. Rozwadowski, eds., 2007, xiv + 393pp., illus. . . . Papers emphasize exploration and history of oceanographic research at the poles from the late 19th century onward, and describe contexts and purposes of polar exploration driving the objectives of individual nations . . . several papers are particularly good . . . Choice, October 2007 . . . Polar science today is subject to some of the same national and cultural forces