In existographies, Walter Cannon (1871-1945) (CR:3) was an American physiologist, noted for []
Overview
In c.1932, Cannon advanced the homeostasis theory of Claude Bernard, the hypothesis that "stability of the internal environment [the milieu intérieur] is the condition for the free and independent life". [1]
Other
Cannon was an attendee of Lawrence Henderson’s Harvard-Pareto circle.
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Cannon:
“Before nonlinear process was well understood and before dissipative structures [Prigogine (c.1971)] were proposed, indeed before Cannon (1960/1932) proposed biological homeostasis, a basic understanding of the selective advantage of such dissipative processes was proposed by Alfred Lotka.”
— Richard Adams (1988), The Eight Day (pg. 36)
References
1. (a) Henderson, Lawrence. (1927). “The Process of Scientific Discovery”, in: An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (translator: H.C. Greene) (introduction, pgs. v-xii). Henry Schuman, 1949.
(b) Barber, Bernard. (1970). L.J. Henderson on the Social System (§2:149-58; quote, pg. 151; founder, pg. 153). University of Chicago Press.
External links
● Walter Bradford Cannon – Wikipedia.
