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Hypnotism and Medicine in 1888 Paris: Contemporary Observations by Sofia Kovalevskaya

1996; University of Wisconsin Press; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3685226

1527-2095

Sabine I. Gölz, Oleg V. Timofeyev, Luys, Sofia Niron Sofia Kovalevskaya, Charcot, Sofia Niron Sofia Kovalevskaya,

Pain Management and Placebo Effect

The name of the acclaimed Russian mathematician Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) is virtually unknown in the West outside of mathematical circles. In Russia, by contrast, she is a textbook icon. Most high school students can easily identify her--next to the woman cosmonaut and the woman symphony conductor. But in Russia, too, awareness of her work and achievements rarely extends beyond name recognition. This relative obscurity seems undeserved, given what an engaging figure she is, and given the exceptional scientific stature she achieved in her short and turbulent life.