Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond (7 November 1818 – 26 December 1896) was a German physiologist, the co-discoverer of nerve action potential, and the developer...
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Du Bois-Reymond may refer to: Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), German physician and physiologist Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1901–1990), German zoologist...
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by Emil du Bois-Reymond, a German physiologist, in his 1872 address "Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens" ("The Limits of Science"). Emil du Bois-Reymond...
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World riddle (section Emil du Bois-Reymond)
to the "World Riddle" (Welträthsel) in several of his writings. Emil du Bois-Reymond used the term "World Riddle" in 1880 for seven great questions of...
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Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Robert Koch, Theodor Mommsen, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Otto von Bismarck, W. E. B. Du Bois, Arthur Schopenhauer...
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du Bois-Reymond (2 December 1831 – 7 April 1889) was a German mathematician who was born in Berlin and died in Freiburg. He was the brother of Emil du...
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distinguished scientists and physiologists as Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Fritz Müller, Theodor Schwann, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Ernst...
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electricity could initiate muscle contraction. Six decades later, in 1849, Emil du Bois-Reymond discovered that it was also possible to record electrical activity...
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Brazilian actor Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), German physician and physiologist Gabriel Reymond (1923–2021), Swiss racewalker Jean Reymond (1912–1992)...
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into root hair cells of plants. In 1848, the German physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond suggested the possibility of active transport of substances across...
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involved. His measurement technique was developed and used later by Emil du Bois-Reymond and others. Schwann's notes suggest that he hoped to discover regularities...
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his time in German thought, and traced back in that formulation to Emil du Bois-Reymond. This program is still recognizable in the most popular philosophy...
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cortex was only incidentally important. In the middle of 19th century Emil du Bois-Reymond and Hermann von Helmholtz were able to use a galvanometer to show...
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meaning "we do not know and will not know", popularized by Emil du Bois-Reymond. Bois-Reymond's ignorabimus proclamation was viewed by David Hilbert as unsatisfactory...
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du Bois-Reymond, Emil (1912). du Bois-Reymond, Estelle (ed.). Reden. Vol. 1. Leipzig: Veit. pp. 373, 378. Finkelstein, Gabriel (2013). Emil du Bois-Reymond:...
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much-cited author, he never reached the popularity of his contemporaries Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz and Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard. Born into...
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physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond converted to Darwinism after reading an English copy of On the Origin of Species in the spring of 1860. Du Bois-Reymond was a...
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are named Schwann cells after him. In 1843 Carlo Matteucci and Emil du Bois-Reymond demonstrated that nerves transmit signals electrically. In 1848,...
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direct current. Matteucci's work inspired the German physiologist, Emil du Bois-Reymond, who discovered in 1843 that stimulating these muscle and nerve preparations...
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field of increasing prestige, after the pioneering investigations of Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896), who had discovered the action potentials of axons. This...
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instruct students in the use of the apparatus of Hermann von Helmholtz, Emil du Bois-Reymond and Carl Ludwig. In 1869 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society...
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with animal tissue. He noted that earlier work by physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond had shown that "every smallest part of a muscle that can be stimulated...
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zoologist Carl Sachs was sent to Latin America by the physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond, to study the electric eel; he took with him a galvanometer and electrodes...
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studying the electrical excitability of muscles and neurons. In 1843 Emil du Bois-Reymond demonstrated the electrical nature of the nerve signal, whose speed...
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the University of Berlin, Weinstein associated with Max Planck, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Pringsheim Sr., Wilhelm Wien, Carl...
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“were not regular and coordinated". In 1843, Carlo Matteucci and Emil du Bois-Reymond demonstrated that nerve fibers transmitted electrical signals. Hermann...
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Cellar Treasure Room List of oldest companies Letter to Jeannette du Bois-Reymond, Hamm, 21 March 1879, Manuscript Division, Berlin State Library Hitler...
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Balthasar Bekker Henri Bergson Ned Block Margaret Boden Paul Boghossian Emil du Bois-Reymond Hans-Werner Bothe Robert Brandom C. D. Broad Berit Brogaard David...
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Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus (6 October 1901 – 31 January 1990) was a German zoologist and drawer. Eveline Du Bois-Reymond was the youngest daughter...
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Aug 1881 du Bois-Reymond, Estelle, ed. (1927). Zwei grosse Naturforscher des 19. Jahrhunderts. Ein Briefwechsel zwischen Emil du Bois-Reymond und Karl...
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