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1935 · Manual

H.S. Burr and F.S.C. Northrop. The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life, 1935 Description H.S. Burr and F.S.C. Northrop. The Electro-Dynamic Theory of Life, 1935 Harold Saxton Burr (1889 – 1973) was E. K. Hunt Professor of Anatomy at Yale University School of Medicine and researcher into bio-electrics. Burr's research contributed to the electrical detection of cancer cells, experimental embryology, neuroanatomy, and the regeneration and development of the nervous system. His studies of the bio-electrics of ovulation and menstruation eventually led to the marketing of fertility-indicating devices. His late studies of the electrodynamics of trees, carried out over decades, suggested entrainment to diurnal, lunar and annual cycles. He also contributed a few papers on the history and sociology of his field. Filmer Stuart Cuckow Northrop (1893 - 1992) was an American legal philosopher and influent…

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