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Cécile and Oskar Vogt: The Visionaries of Modern Neuroscience

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Authors:
  1. Igor Klatzo

    1. Gaithersburg, USA

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  • Biography of the pioneers of modern brain research

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement (NEUROCHIRURGICA, volume 80)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Roads from Childhood to Temples of Science

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 1-10

  3. Meeting of Minds and Hearts in Paris

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 11-13

  4. Advancing Towards Objectives Through Berlin Minefields Under the Mighty Shield of the Krupps

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 15-38

  5. Reaching the Top: K-W Brain Research Institute in Berlin-Buch

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 39-58

  6. Transfer to a Small Arena

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 59-108

  7. Synopsis

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 109-116

  8. Epilogue (with Prof. Heinz Schulze)

    • Igor Klatzo
    Pages 117-124

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 125-134
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About this book

Human greatness has many connotations. Since the requirements for membership in this category are vague and poorly defined, admittance to the Mount Olympus is frequently erratic and subjective, especially in view of a wide "penumbra zone"* of border cases. Nevertheless, rising above a twilight zone of debatable cases, there are individuals whose right for mem­ bership is unquestionable. In science, one of the unequivocal criteria for "greatness" relates to how far one's scientific achievement affects the opening of new horizons, and points to directions for future development and progress. Unveiling new visions can derive only from creative people who conceive original ideas and con­ cepts, and who are daring enough to promote them against the indifference or opposition of the establishment. Maintaining the integrity and the faith to one's own ideals may require extraordinary strength of character, - up to courting persecution or even death, - as happened in the middle ages, and more recently, in the first half of this century with regard to Cecile and Os­ kar Vogt, whose lives and accomplishments are described in this book. Thus the greatness of the Vogts is based both on their penetrating vision of the future for brain research and on the sterling quality of their character, which sustained a "test of fire" during the Nazi years in Germany.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Gaithersburg, USA

    Igor Klatzo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cécile and Oskar Vogt: The Visionaries of Modern Neuroscience

  • Authors: Igor Klatzo

  • Series Title: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6141-8

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-83798-6Published: 16 July 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-6141-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-1419

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-8395

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 134

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language and Literature, Neurosurgery, Neurology

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