Study of Factors Affecting Attitudes of Young Female Students Toward Chemistry at the High School Level

Book Description

This study investigated whether self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry were affecting the attitudes toward chemistry, of 183 high school young females across the United States. The young female students surveyed, had studied chemistry for at least one year prior to participating in the study during the fall semester of 2003. The schools were randomly selected represented diverse economic backgrounds and geographical locations. Data were obtained using Chemistry Attitude Influencing Factors (CAIF) instrument and from interviews with a focus group of three young female students about the effect of self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry on their decision to study chemistry. The CAIF instrument consisted of a 12-items self-confidence questionnaire (ConfiS), 12-items each of the influence of role models (RoMoS) and knowledge about usefulness of chemistry (US) questionnaire. ConfiS was adopted (with permission) from CAEQ (Coll & Dalgety, 2001), and both RoMoS and US were modified from TOSRA (Fraser, 1978), public domain document.

The three young female students interviewed, gave detailed responses about their opinions regarding self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry on their attitudes toward the study of chemistry.

Both quantitative (a Likert-type Scale questionnaire) and qualitative (open-ended questions) items were used to investigate the views of young female students. Results of the survey were analysed using a correlation test. Significant differences were found in the Likert-type scale scores, providing evidences supporting literature that suggests, self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry affect the decision of young female students about the study of chemistry. Interview responses corroborated the results from the survey. Strategies for addressing the problems and recommendations for further studies have been suggested.

Download Description

Chemistry is a human endeavor that relies on basic human qualities like creativity, insights, reasoning, and skills. It depends on habits of the mind: skepticism, tolerance of ambiguity, openness to new ideas, intellectual honesty, curiosity, and communication. Young female students begin studying chemistry curiosity; however, when unconvinced, they become skeptical. Researches focused on gender studies have indicated that attitudes toward science education differ between males and females. A declining interest in chemistry and the under representation of females in the chemical science was found (Jacobs, 2000). This study investigated whether self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry were affecting the attitudes toward chemistry, of 183 high school young females across the United States. The young female students surveyed, had studied chemistry for at least one year prior to participating in the study during the fall semester of 2003. The schools were randomly selected represented diverse economic backgrounds and geographical locations. Data were obtained using Chemistry Attitude Influencing Factors (CAIF) instrument and from interviews with a focus group of three young female students about the effect of self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry on their decision to study chemistry. The CAIF instrument consisted of a 12-items self-confidence questionnaire (ConfiS), 12-items each of the influence of role models (RoMoS) and knowledge about usefulness of chemistry (US) questionnaire. ConfiS was adopted (with permission) from CAEQ (Coll & Dalgety, 2001), and both RoMoS and US were modified from TOSRA (Fraser, 1978), public domain document. The three young female students interviewed, gave detailed responses about their opinions regarding self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry on their attitudes toward the study of chemistry. Both quantitative (a Likert-type Scale questionnaire) and qualitative (open-ended questions) items were used to investigate the views of young female students. Results of the survey were analysed using a correlation test. Significant differences were found in the Likert-type scale scores, providing evidences supporting literature that suggests, self-confidence toward chemistry, the influence of role models, and knowledge about the usefulness of chemistry affect the decision of young female students about the study of chemistry. Interview responses corroborated the results from the survey. Strategies for addressing the problems and recommendations for further studies have been suggested.

Customer Reviews:

Im now going to become a female chemist.......2005-04-18

Im a young female who has a stong interest in the sciences. After reading this brillant book I would like to thank Mr. Banya for the opportunity to learn more about why there are not more females in the field. I hope the someday i can help other females and become a strong role model for them so that maby i can blaze a path for may other woman.

THE GREATEST CHEMISTRY BOOK EVER!!!.......2005-04-15

Hello, my name is Skye W, and I can assure you that if you like chemistry, then you will thoroughly enjoy this book. It is packed with excellent analysis from the reverred Dr. Santonino K. Banya (a man that I personally know). This book has been written with a great wisdom like no other. It showed me a whole new world of chemistry that I never knew existed. Santonino has really come through on this one.

Book Description

Must we learn mathematics as in the 1800s ? If you aspire to be a scientist or an engineer you may be frustrated by the very formal structure of mathematics. In particular, you may find proofs difficult to follow. If you only need to apply mathematics, however, you may take the attitude that proofs are an affair between the professional mathematician and his Creator. You may safely trust the learning of dead mathematicians, since their theorems have been thoroughly verified by those now living. You must first explore the meaning of the main concepts, but from there on you can begin to apply the mathematical knowledge accumulated during the past centuries. This volume illustrates the most important concepts and results of college mathematics in the form of numerical examples. The standard language used is MATLAB®, chosen for its remarkably simple syntax. While working through the examples you learn a primitive but useful subset of the MATLAB commands. This arsenal suffices to solve large systems of linear equations (even with complex coefficients), calculate derivatives and integrals, and solve ordinary differential equations up to second order. The book starts with elementary arithmetic, algebra, and tri-gonometry, and the final chapters extend the treatise to Fourier analysis. After digesting all the examples you will have gained intuitive and practical understanding of mathematics and are in a position to apply it on your own. In addition, you have become familiar with one of the most popular programs for com-putation.

Tolerance Analysis of Electronic Circuits Using MATHCAD

Average customer rating:

Tolerance Analysis of Electronic Circuits Using MATHCAD
Robert Boyd
Manufacturer: CRC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

CAD | Graphic Design | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

General | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

General | Software | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Node List Tolerance Analysis: Enhancing SPICE Capabilities with Mathcad

ASIN: 0849323398

Book Description

Written for the practicing electronics professional, Tolerance Analysis of Electronic Circuits Using MATHCADä offers a comprehensive, step-by-step treatment of methods used to perform analyses essential to the design process of circuit cards and systems of cards, including: · worst-case analysis, · limits for production testing, · component stress analysis, · determining if a design meets specification limits, and · manufacturing yield analysis Using a practical approach that allows engineers and technicians to put the techniques directly into practice, the author presents the mathematical procedures used to determine performance limits. The topics and techniques discussed include extreme value and root-sum-square analysis using symmetric and asymmetric tolerance, Monte Carlo analysis using normal and uniform distributions, sensitivity formulas, tolerance analyses of opamp offsets, and anomalies of high-Q ac circuits.

Average customer rating:

Calculus Analy Geom Using Matlab
Edwards
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0133032566

Calculus Projects Using Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab

Average customer rating:

Calculus Projects Using Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab
C.Henry Edwards
Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Average customer rating:

Using Matlab in Calculus
Gary Jensen
Manufacturer: Not Avail
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Education | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

General | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Mathematics | Science | Subjects | Books

General | Education | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Calculus

ASIN: 013027268X

Edwards And Penney Calculus: projects Using Maple, Mathematica, Matlab

Average customer rating:

Edwards And Penney Calculus: projects Using Maple, Mathematica, Matlab
Illustrated by Charts, Edwards Henry & .Penney
Manufacturer: Pearson Higher Education
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ4FGM

Book Description

Because his victories were so electrifying, numerous, historically influential, and so closely linked to personal leadership, examining the life of Admiral Lord Nelson provides a unique opportunity to better understand a timely subject, leadership.

Much has changed during the two centuries since Nelson's days. But if there are significant differences between Nelson's time and today, there are also provocative parallels, the most important of which is the plain fact that good leadership is still an essential element of any success.

The on-going questionof how to maintain the strength necessary to succeed requires something more than what Goeth called "ignorance in action."

Because he was so successful, Nelson's actions, particularly his tactics, have been analyzed intensively by the experts. Legacy of Leadership: Lessons from Admiral Lord Nelson takes an analytical look at the life of this hero and gets beyond what he did to the the why and how of his successes. It looks at many of the personal qualities that contributed to Nelson's achievements. They include mental courage, aggressiveness, deeply-held convictions, patriotism, knowledge in his field, and a genuine regard for those he commanded. These elements may not have made Nelson a perfect person, but without a doubt, they combine to form the character of a winner.

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK.......2003-09-10

Despite the book's subtitle about "leadership", this book has a very old-fashioned and descriptive picture of Lord Nelson as a leader. If you want an excellent contemporary analysis of command and leadership, that explains these things instead of describing them, you will simply have to buy Joel Hayward's new classic, FOR GOD AN GLORY. That doesn't mean this book by Callo doesn't have much for the Nelson enthusiast. It does. I rate it very highly as an insightful portrait of our greatest admiral. It just isn't a leadership book, that's all.

WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH.......2001-06-13

Mr. Callo's book captures the essence of Nelson and his formula for leadership. Great personal courage in combat, a truly lead from the front guy; the ability to adapt to changing circumstances under fire, today's maneuver warfare; and a personal concern for the deckplate sailor. For after all, it is he who secures the admiral's victory as well as his glory.

Callo's monograph illustrates that a great leader's weaknesses contribute as much to his success as his strengths. Nelson's weaknesses are actually the strength of his character. A man willing to risk all for what he believes is right rather than what is politically expedient. Unfortunately, in today's climate, Lord Nelson would have been retired or drummed out of the naval service long before his greatest victories.

This book provides profound insight into the life and mind of a tactical genius. I recommend it highly both as an example and as a warning.

Leadership Defined.......2000-09-09

Most books on leadership struggle to define the term, leaving the reader tumbling in the wake of writers who've never, themselves, led anyone or anything. In "Legacy of Leadership" Joe Callo avoids that trap by drawing on the insights of his own experience as a naval officer to offer a unique and revealing portrait of Admiral Nelson -- a man who consistently rose above his flaws to perform masterfully in the service of his country and the men to sailed with him. It's a helluva good read and ought to be in all the seatbacks of the Bush and Gore campaign planes!

History and a great learning experience........2000-07-27

I began expecting just another history of ADM Nelson. After completing the book I found it to be a great learning experience about his leadership skills and those characteristics of the man that are applicable to leadership in any area of business, the military or life. Joe manages to tell history in a way that makes the experiences of Nelson relevant to the world of today. He also manages to provide an fasinating view of history and a new vision of a great military leader.

Leadership Defined.......2000-07-25

Beyond those steeped in British history, Admiral Lord Nelson brings no memorable images to mind. But Joe Callo's "Legacy of Leadership" provides more than just a quick remedy. In a little more than 100 pages Callo brings the legendary British Naval hero to life, while at the same time leaving you with an insightful analysis of what made the leader so great and so memorable nearly 200 years after his death.

In his look back on the Admiral's life, Callo focuses on the the qualities that made him a great leaders, qualities that Callo rightly contents should be easily visible in today's military and business leaders.

In interesting detail, Callo shows how Lord Nelosn's love of the sea, deep religious beliefs and sense of honor won him both battles and human respect. For example, with his own elbow shattered by either grape shot from a cannon or a musket ball, the semiconscious Nelson ordered assistance for others before ordering the amputation of his own arm. And, reminding us of Nelson's own inner strenght and humor Callo points out that Nelson not only ordered the amputation of his own arm, but "later complained of the coldness of surgeon's instruments."

Just as important Callo shows his skill as a writer by weaving those qualities of leadership into the battles that history talks about whenever the name Nelson is mention. Which may cause the reader to find out not only more about Nelson, but much more about the qualities of the leaders surrounding us today.

Book Description

William Osler was born in a parsonage in backwoods Canada on July 12, 1849. In a life lasting seventy years, he practiced, taught, and wrote about medicine at Canada's McGill University, America's Johns Hopkins University, and finally as Regius Professor at Oxford. At the time of his death in England in 1919, many considered him to be the greatest doctor in the world. Osler, who was a brilliant, innovative teacher and a scholar of the natural history of disease, revolutionized the art of practicing medicine at the bedside of his patients. He was idolized by two generations of medical students and practitioners for whom he came to personify the ideal doctor. But much more than a physician, Osler was a supremely intelligent humanist. In both his writings and his personal life, and through the prism of the tragedy of the Great War, he embodied the art of living. It was perhaps his legendary compassion that elevated his healing talents to an art form and attracted to his private practice students, colleagues, poets (Walt Whitman for example) politicians, royalty, and nameless ordinary people with extraordinary conditions. William Osler's life lucidly illuminates the times in which he lived. Indeed, this is a book not only about the evolution of modern medicine, the training of doctors, holism in medical thought, and the doctor-patient relationship, but also about humanism, Victorianism, the Great War, and much else. Meticulously researched, drawing on many new sources and offering new interpretations, William Osler: A Life in Medicine brings to life both a fascinating man and the formative age of twentieth-century medicine. It is a classic biography of a classic life, both authoritative and highly readable.

Customer Reviews:

A Biography for all Doctors to Read.......2007-09-05

This is one of the most absorbing and readable biographies of Sir William Osler. Michael Bliss' book is considerably shorter and easier to read than the monumental Pulitzer Prize winning book by Harvey Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler.
As a retired general practitioner, Sir Willam's life and example is particularly close to what I have been practicing for the past forty years. When one reads this account one can begin to fathom this great man's ability, perception of human suffering, natural curiosity and dedication to the patient's welfare. This book reveals to us some of his other unique abilities and qualities namely his bibliophilia,vast reading, writing close to 170 papers, teaching scores of students, and having the honor of holding responsible and prestigious positions in the fields of medicine and the humanities. In addition to all these were his literally developing Johns Hopkins Hospital and University into the best in the world in his time and marshalled the achievements of hospitals in Philadelphia, Montreal and Toronto. As Regius Professor at Oxford from 1915 to 1919 he was a towering giant . He therefore stands in my eyes as the greatest doctor of the 19th.,20th. and perhaps the 21st. centuries. Not Sydenham, not Hunter, not even Lister could do all that Osler managed to do and do so with so much energy, dedication and humility.
We doctors who were not with him on hospital rounds, clinical demonstrations,lectures, lunches, teas and dinners and amazing conversations with him are very envious of those who were blessed with these opportunities.
He set a living example to his protege the way a doctor should live and work to earn that mark of nobility that the profession has had for centuries. He was the healer of all healers and inspired many to literally follow his foot steps. To mention two such would be too few but the likes of Harvey Cushing and Wilder Penfield come to mind and they both became superb neurosurgeons even though their hero, Osler , was an internist. I was astounded to read the great numbers of international luminaries who were treated by him. He ministered to doctors and their families, medical students and staff and was thus a doctor's doctor both as a teacher and physician.
His love of little children, the youth, the aged and his own extended family was exemplary to say the least.
How sad that such a doctor left the world at a mere 70 years of age. Three great nations, Canada, the U.S. and Britain all claim him as their own son. That honor and adulation no one and no doctor has the distinction of achieving. He served all of them so well.
We all stand in awe of this stalwart of modern medicine and Michael Bliss has opened our eyes to this individual so well.

A Brilliant Biography of a Brilliant Doctor.......2006-04-30

Despite almost a century since his death, William Osler persists as the `the grand old man of medicine', a life devoted to doctoring and doctors, who has supplied inspiration for many generations of physicians in the United States, Canada, Britain and the Continent.

Osler's life was a remarkable achievement as a medical teacher, (important in America in giving medical students real medical experience, as clinical clerks in hospitals) physician, prolific author, councillor, researcher and mentor to literarily thousands of men and women embarking on the profession in the medicos. It was the philosopher and great teacher, William James, who commented to Osler, marvelling and his energy and interests. Osler replied, that he was terribly conscious of time that it was a commodity he wished he could buy more of, as there was so much he could do with it. (p. 502) Osler's zest for work and unbounding passion for medicine set the standard for medical women and men in the twentieth century.

After reading Michael Bliss's brilliant biography of the pioneering neurosurgeon, Harvey Cushing, another remarkable medical man, and Osler's first biographer, it seemed only natural to read about Cushing's mentor. Both biographies are first rate and it really would be a disservice to compare them, because both works are thorough, educational, inspiring and definitive contributions to the greats of medical history.

Osler is the author of the currently classic text, The Principles and Practice of Medicine, which became the core textbook for students and practicing physicians during his life. It became a yearly task for the doctor to revise later editions, (sixteen in all) and in present time, for modern doctors, according to Bliss, has now become patient-centred and a historical document of the state of 19th century medicine.

Osler is famous for his bedside manner, the notion of empowering patients and autonomy in clinical practice. The man's faith in medicine and the legendary "aura" of healing that surrounded him, causing patients to regain the faith in their own healing ability, has caused a renewed interest in humanities joining forces with science, a proper balance, ensuring an optimal treatment and outcome for the patient.

How did the man accomplish so much in one lifetime? Similar to the 18th century philosopher, Immanuel Kant, people close to him could adjust their clocks to the second by the philosopher's movements. Osler was the same: his day was usually planned down to the minute, rising at seven and retiring by ten-thirty everyday.

He was also a man born with writing disease, never a day would go by without putting pen to paper, as his articles, correspondence, speeches and books certainly reveal. A consummate bibliophile, his collection of medical texts and related subjects, at the end of his life reached eight thousand, taking many years to catalogue, ending up being donated, as was his wish, to McGill University.

An excellent biography of an extraordinary man of medicine.

A Real Eminent Victorian.......2004-02-22

William Osler remains an iconic figure in American medicine. Osler is taken often to epitomize the physician who brings a crticial and scholarly approach to the bedside in conjunction with compassion and empathy. In this very well written biography, Bliss traces Osler's life, his achievements, and examines how he assumed iconic status and whether or not this status is deserved. Bliss is particularly well equipped to undertake this task. A well known specialist on Canadian history, he has written other fine books on medical history in a Canadian context.
Bliss presents Osler as a product of the rising British Victorian middle classes. The remarkable son of impressive parents, Osler was the son of an English naval officer turned Anglican minister and his equally intelligent wife. Raised in rural Ontario when this part of Canada was still a frontier, Osler's parents inculcated respect for learning, dedication to hard work, and clearly taught the value of community service. William Osler was not an outlier in this family. One of his brothers became a prominent businessman and two other brothers became important figures in Canadian law and politics. An early interest in natural history (biology) lead Osler to medicine. Trained in then provinicial Toronto and Montreal, he finished his education in some of the great teaching hospitals of Europe. Spotted by his mentors in Montreal as a future star, he was brought back to McGill to teach at the modest medical school. At McGill, Osler launched the career of careful clinical observation, pathologic correlation, and teaching that would propel him to the apex of his profession. His growing reputation led to appointments at the University of Pennsylvania and then to the nascent Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. At Hopkins, he became the first Professor of Clinical Medicine and introduced the teaching methods that revolutionized medical education in the USA. Relatively little of what Osler did was truly novel. Clinico-pathologic correlation has been standard method for expanding medical knowledge for decades and the clerkship method of teaching had been used in Britain and continental Europe for some time. Osler carried these methods to new heights. In his clinical practice, in his teaching, and in his great textbooks, Osler summarized and codified almost all of 19th century medicine. He was not a notable scientist, though his description and characterization of several important clinical conditions was very valuable, but he brought the best science of his time to the bedside and set clinical medicine on the course of drawing from systematic scientific work. In terms of his personal accomplishments and the example he set for his numerous trainees, his impact on 20th century medicine was immense.
Osler's reputation as a fine physician was deserved. Bliss shows him to be an warm and compassionate individual who was regarded often with great affection by his patients. Blessed with a generous and kindly personality, he enjoyed a wide circle of friends and a happy family life. In important respects, Osler exemplifies some of the most important and most admirable features of the Victorian period. His sense of virtue and service was very strong but he was not a prig and had relatively liberal values. Traveling in Germany towards the end of the 19th century, he noted and deplored rising anti-Semitism. He appears to have been devoid of overt anti-Semitic feelings and had a number of Jewish trainess, all of whom he appears to have treated with his usual combination of high expectations and civil behavior. Alone among the faculty at Hopkins, he supported the admission of women, though he did not really believe in female equality. Bliss spent years immersed in Osler's extensive writings and tremendously extensive correspondence, clearly likes and admires Osler, and his regard for Osler is reflected in the tone of this biography.

Osler was also that quintessential Canadian, the provincial boy who achieves fame on the wider stage of the USA or Britain. At the peak of his fame, he was the best known physician in the English speaking world and something of a minor celebrity.
Like all fine biographies, this book is about more than its central subject. It is valuable on the development of Canadian society, the growth of universities in the USA and Canada, the history of medicine, and the devastating impact of WWI.
This will be the standard biography of Osler and it is worthy of its subject.

the good doctor.......2002-09-18

This is, quite honestly, a hefty tome, but no less may be expected when writing about the greatest American physician who ever lived. Bliss presents us with a detailed, well-paced, and engaging biography of Dr. Osler, from his childhood days in Canada to his final years at Oxford. Being both a student of medicine and a Baltimorean (currently), I took a special interest to the chapters devoted to his post as the first chief of medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Unlike the time-honored work by Cushing, Bliss's book is no hagiography; it makes no false overtures about Dr. Osler's iconic grandeur, instead letting the reader discover for himself (or herself) that Dr. Osler was, in fact, as great a man as people say he was. (All that being said, I still value the two-volume Cushing biography, and there is no way I will rid myself of the precious first-edition set I snatched up last year at the Maryland Historical Society bookshop!)

One need not practice Oslerolatry (that is, the veritable worship of Dr. Osler expressed by many of the older faculty at Hopkins and elsewhere) to appreciate this book, though having an interest in medicine and/or medical history may help. Critics often lament that American doctors no longer have any professional integrity, and that taking the Hippocratic Oath is a sham. Read this book, and discover how great the American physician can be...and THEN lament that they don't make them like they used to.

Absolutely delightful!.......2001-02-02

Any attempt to describe the life of such an illustrious personage, as one could imagine must be a rather daunting task. However, Michael Bliss's smooth-flowing rendering of Dr. William Osler's life is made not only manageable, but a sheer joy to read.

Of course this book will be compared with the innumerable number of other writings about William Osler, most notably of course the Cushing version. And Bliss clearly acknowledges the plethora of carefully collected documentations and personal correspondences that Cushing had accumulated in crafting his tale. However, I think this book stands on its own as a unique rendering of Osler mainly because of one simple fact. Bliss has had the luxury of time on his side to not just document the time and lives and the state of Medicine in the late 19th century, but most importantly, he relates it to the current, modern day state of affairs in those areas as well. He has woven a story that encompasses through the life of the great Osler, the tremendous influences of 19th medicine on modern day medicine. Even if one is not in the health-related professions or the biomedical sciences, one cannot miss the fact that this is a book as much about humanism as it is about medicine.

Biography, like history is riddled with biases, especially if it is about people and events that have revolutionazied mankind. This is particularly so in regards to William Osler, whose life and work have been immortalized, and a man who had acheived a legendary status even during his own life time. Bliss's work is as unbiased as it could possibly be given the already intrinsic biases about his subject. In this sense, this book is also unique from the previous biographies of Osler.

Book Description

Sir William Osler (1849–1919) had a long and distinguished career as a physician and professor at McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Johns Hopkins University, and finally, as the Regius Chair in Medicine at Oxford University. Over the course of his professional life, Osler gave many addresses—mostly to medical students—on medical ethics, medicine and the humanities, the relationship between the medical practitioner and the patient, and, as the titular essay makes clear, on the “way of life” he advocated for the ethical physician. He remains an inspiration to many contemporary medical practitioners; there are active Osler Societies throughout the world.
While Osler’s talks were frequently published during his lifetime and they have been published individually and in different compilations since his death, none contain the over 1500 annotations that appear here, notes that serve to explain the many philosophical, biblical, historical, and literary allusions contained in Osler’s writings.
This thoroughly explicated selection of Sir William Osler’s writings will be cherished by physicians, medical students, nurses, philosophers, theologians, and ethicists in this—and future—generations.

Customer Reviews:

straight from the doctor's plume.......2002-09-18

If you are a student of medicine (current, former, or hopeful), chances are that you will read at least one essay, address, or other writing of Sir William Osler. And, like all students past, you won't have a clue about what in the world the good doctor was saying. Dr. Osler was a peerless medical scholar, an erudite man of letters whose vast learning towered over that of his contemporaries and even moreso of the doctors of today. He was to medicine what Samuel Johnson was to lexicography. Unless you have degrees in philosophy, philology, literature, and classics (in addition to medicine), you will most likely be just as confused as you will be inspired by Dr. Osler's writing.

Thankfully, we have this new book from Duke University Press. With more annotations than a Harvard Law Review issue, this well-selected sample of Dr. Osler's most well-known papers and addresses presents an effective "translation" to satisfy all medical scholars who, though they seek to emulate Osler's compassion and skill, just can't understand all of his references. When I first read "Aequanimitas," I felt like an ignoramus. After reading it again in this present volume, I felt like an enlightened student eager to carry the Aesculapian staff into the new milennium (or something like that). I highly recommend this book to all medical students and physicians who seek a model of professional excellence in Dr. Osler, but who have heretofore scratched their heads when reading his papers. Revisit "A Way of Life." Read the footnotes. Then don your white coat, tend to your patients, and be proud of the great American medical tradition set forth by Dr. Osler so many years ago.

Average customer rating:
Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler: A Poet and His Physician
Philip Leon
Manufacturer: Ecw Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Authors | Arts & Literature | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Classics | United States | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
General | Canadian | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
General | Classics | Canadian | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
General | Criticism & Theory | History & Criticism | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

The Quotable Osler (Medical Humanities) (Medical Humanities) (Medical Humanities)

William Osler: A Life in Medicine

Osler: Inspirations from a Great Physician

Aequanimitas

Osler's "A Way of Life" and Other Addresses, with Commentary and Annotations

ASIN: 155022252X

Book Description

In 1919, Sir William Osler, MD, born in Ontario, was the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University and the most famous medical doctor in the English-speaking world. In that year he wrote his Reminiscences about his personal and professional relationship 30 years earlier with the American poet Walt Whitman. Dr. Osler died before his manuscript could be published. Now, thanks to the exclusive permission granted by the Board of Curators of the Osler Library at McGill University, Philip W. Leon presents for the first time the complete text of Osler's Reminiscences, revealing the extent of the doctor's relationship with Walt Whitman.

Average customer rating:

THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER Volume II

Manufacturer: Oxford At The Clarendon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H5EMZC

A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler, July 12 1849 to December 29 1919

Average customer rating:

A Way of Life and Other Selected Writings of Sir William Osler, July 12 1849 to December 29 1919

Manufacturer: Dover
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HVXPDQ

Corrigenda and addenda to "The life of Sir William Osler"

Average customer rating:

Corrigenda and addenda to "The life of Sir William Osler"
Harvey Cushing
Manufacturer: University press, J. Johnson, printer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008B8F2G

From Magic to Science Essays on the Scientific Twilight and A Way Of Life and Selected Writings of Sir William Osler 12 July 1849 to 29 December 1919 [Two Books in one]

Average customer rating:

From Magic to Science Essays on the Scientific Twilight and A Way Of Life and Selected Writings of Sir William Osler 12 July 1849 to 29 December 1919 [Two Books in one]
Charles/William Osler Singer
Manufacturer: Dover Publications, Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MMO8EK

The Great Physician : The Short Life of Sir William Osler

Average customer rating:

The Great Physician : The Short Life of Sir William Osler

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000G3HQU8

A Great Physician And Medical Humanist: A Review Of Harvey Cushing's Life Of Sir William Osler

Average customer rating:

A Great Physician And Medical Humanist: A Review Of Harvey Cushing's Life Of Sir William Osler
William H. Welch
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1432565478

The Great Physician: A Short Life of Sir William Osler

Average customer rating:

The Great Physician: A Short Life of Sir William Osler
Edith Gittings Reid
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Physicians | Physician & Patient | Medicine | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B00087BIAG

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books