Ivan Pavlov : a Russian life in science

This is a definitive, deeply researched biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) and is the first scholarly biography to be published in any language. The book is Todes''s magnum opus, which he has been working on for some twenty years. Todes makes use of a wealth of archival material to portray Pavlov''s personality, life, times, and scientific work. Combining personal documents with a close reading of scientific texts, Todes fundamentally reinterprets Pavlov''s famous research on conditional reflexes. Contrary to legend, Pavlov was not a behaviorist (a misimpression captured