Reviews for Stress physiology in animals

The average rating for Stress physiology in animals based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-02 00:00:00 Jay Leray Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas's mentor, church bishop, and sometimes called the "Universal Doctor" out of respect for his encyclopedic knowledge, wrote widely on matters philosophical, religious, and, yes, science, in particular, what would now be called biology. This work, a massive two-volume translation of the huge work Magnus produced as a summation of knowledge about the creatures of the natural world, is a splendid achievement both on the part of the original author and the translators/editors (Irven Michael Resnick and Kenneth Kitchell) who bring Magnus to those of us who can't find a way through the Latin original. The handsome two volumes, coming home at nearly 2000 pages and produced by The John Hopkins University Press, is a credit to the publishing profession, and the quality of the work at all levels is impeccable. Due to the mass of the work and limits of time, I was able only to sample various books and chapters through the two volumes, but found it highly informative regarding the impressive breadth and depth of natural philosophical knowledge of the scholastic era. Granting that there are some bits of information a modern finds, well, amusing, it must be said that there remains much of abiding interest, especially as it reveals how connections between ideas and particles of knowledge were formed and used at the time. If you're interested in this sort of thing, and can find the time at all, it's highly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-12 00:00:00 John Platt This is the best book I have ever read