ARNOLD BURGEN
Biographic Data
| ID | 6626539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ARNOLD BURGEN |
| GIVEN NAMES | ARNOLD |
| FAMILY NAME | BURGEN |
| SIGNATURE | BURGEN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sir Arnold Burgen Interviewed by Anne Buttimer
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Academia Europaea
The Academia Europaea had its origin in a proposal that came in 1984 from the UK Department of Education and Science. This led to a Foundation Meeting in Cambridge in September 1988 attended by 54 of the Founding Members. They set up the formal framework and this provided the basis of the first Plenary Meeting held in London in June 1989
Tobacco
Tobacco use was well established among the inhabitants of the Americas when Columbus made his epic voyage. They smoked it in pipes and as cigars and also used it as snuff; it played an important role in social and religious practices. By 1550 pipe smoking was well established in Europe, to be largely supplanted by snuff in the 18th century and by cigarettes in the latter part of the 19th century. It was only proven in the 1950s that smoking was t…
An explosive story
Gunpowder was developed in the 13th century, as a result of the discovery of how to purify saltpetre. This led to the isolation of amyl nitrite, which turned out to be an effective treatment for angina pectoris. Nitroglycerine is not only a high explosive but also effective in treating angina. The search for an understanding of how it works in the body has led to the astonishing discovery that nitric oxide gas is actually produced in the body and…
St Anthony's gift
Numerous outbreaks of a disease whose most prominent effects were gangrene and loss of limbs occurred in Europe in the Middle Ages. Sufferers sought relief at the shrine of St Anthony at Vienne in France. Quite early, it was recognized that the disease was a poisoning due to the consumption of bread prepared from rye contaminated with the fungus ergot. Many interesting substances have been isolated from ergot, some of which are used in medicine i…
The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) the International Development Research Centre, Po Box 8500, Ottawa On, Canada K1g 3h9
The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) The International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa ON, Canada K1G 3H9 - Volume 10 Issue 4
Calcium, an earthy messenger in cells
Calcium is the major messenger inside cells that is responsible for muscle contraction, secretion and many other processes. This article outlines some of features of these activities and reports on an Academia conference in Heidelberg, Germany
Exact numbers
The discovery of the inert gases is an excellent example of one variety of scientific investigation, where an increase in precision in methodology identifies a discrepancy that leads to a totally unpredicted, novel discovery
What does my left hand know
Tiger, tiger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame your fearful symmetry Symmetry seems to be a desirable property, yet wherever we look we find asymmetry. This paper explores the presence and nature of asymmetry in biological systems
European Science
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François Magendie and the new science of drugs
The first pure drugs from plant sources were obtained early in the 19th century. Magendie saw them as the basis for the development of a scientific pharmacopoeia based exclusively on pure compounds and, by 1821, had produced the first textbook of pharmacology based on strict scientific principles
Information flow in the nervous system
Information is carried along nerve fibres by electrical pulses generated by ionic transfer; it is digitally coded. Information transfer between nerve cells depends on the release of a chemical transmitter which acts on specific receptors on the second neurone. This is a non-digital, analogue process which is highly non-linear. It involves the summation of inputs from highly divergent sources. In sensory systems such as vision, extensive compressi…
Nations, states and human rights
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The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) the International Development Research Centre, Po Box 8500, Ottawa On, Canada K1g 3h9
The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) The International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa ON, Canada K1G 3H9 - Volume 10 Issue 4
European Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Information flow in the nervous system
Information is carried along nerve fibres by electrical pulses generated by ionic transfer; it is digitally coded. Information transfer between nerve cells depends on the release of a chemical transmitter which acts on specific receptors on the second neurone. This is a non-digital, analogue process which is highly non-linear. It involves the summation of inputs from highly divergent sources. In sensory systems such as vision, extensive compressi…
Nations, states and human rights
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
François Magendie and the new science of drugs
The first pure drugs from plant sources were obtained early in the 19th century. Magendie saw them as the basis for the development of a scientific pharmacopoeia based exclusively on pure compounds and, by 1821, had produced the first textbook of pharmacology based on strict scientific principles
What does my left hand know
Tiger, tiger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame your fearful symmetry Symmetry seems to be a desirable property, yet wherever we look we find asymmetry. This paper explores the presence and nature of asymmetry in biological systems
European Science
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Exact numbers
The discovery of the inert gases is an excellent example of one variety of scientific investigation, where an increase in precision in methodology identifies a discrepancy that leads to a totally unpredicted, novel discovery
The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) the International Development Research Centre, Po Box 8500, Ottawa On, Canada K1g 3h9
The Responsibility to Protect Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) The International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa ON, Canada K1G 3H9 - Volume 10 Issue 4
Calcium, an earthy messenger in cells
Calcium is the major messenger inside cells that is responsible for muscle contraction, secretion and many other processes. This article outlines some of features of these activities and reports on an Academia conference in Heidelberg, Germany
St Anthony's gift
Numerous outbreaks of a disease whose most prominent effects were gangrene and loss of limbs occurred in Europe in the Middle Ages. Sufferers sought relief at the shrine of St Anthony at Vienne in France. Quite early, it was recognized that the disease was a poisoning due to the consumption of bread prepared from rye contaminated with the fungus ergot. Many interesting substances have been isolated from ergot, some of which are used in medicine i…
An explosive story
Gunpowder was developed in the 13th century, as a result of the discovery of how to purify saltpetre. This led to the isolation of amyl nitrite, which turned out to be an effective treatment for angina pectoris. Nitroglycerine is not only a high explosive but also effective in treating angina. The search for an understanding of how it works in the body has led to the astonishing discovery that nitric oxide gas is actually produced in the body and…
Tobacco
Tobacco use was well established among the inhabitants of the Americas when Columbus made his epic voyage. They smoked it in pipes and as cigars and also used it as snuff; it played an important role in social and religious practices. By 1550 pipe smoking was well established in Europe, to be largely supplanted by snuff in the 18th century and by cigarettes in the latter part of the 19th century. It was only proven in the 1950s that smoking was t…
Academia Europaea
The Academia Europaea had its origin in a proposal that came in 1984 from the UK Department of Education and Science. This led to a Foundation Meeting in Cambridge in September 1988 attended by 54 of the Founding Members. They set up the formal framework and this provided the basis of the first Plenary Meeting held in London in June 1989
Sir Arnold Burgen Interviewed by Anne Buttimer
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