Santorio Santorio weighed himself before and after a meal, conducting
the first controlled test of metabolism, and published the results in
Ars de statica medecina, 1614. 17th century book illustration
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150 Years After The Origin of Species: Biological, Historical,
and Philosophical Perspectives
Victoria College, University of Toronto, November 21-24 2009
www.hps.utoronto.ca/darwin
November 24, 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, and The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto are mounting a celebratory conference, “150 Years after Origin: Biological, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives,” on November 21-24.
Keynote speakers include Spencer Barrett, Evelyn Fox Keller, James Moore, Alison Pearn, and Michael Ruse and Brian K. Hall. >>>
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