Alexander Romanovich Luria: A Scientific Biography (Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology)

alexander Romanovitch Luria Is Widely Recognized As One Of The Most Prominent Neuropsychologists Of The Twentieth Century. This Book - Written By His Long-standing Colleague And Published In Russian By Moscow University Press In 1992, Fifteen Years After His Death - Is The First Serious Volume From Outside The Luria Family Devoted To His Life And Work And Includes The Most Comprehensive Bibliography Available Anywhere Of Luria's Writings. booknews alexander Romanovich Luria Is One Of The Most Preeminent Neuropsychologists Of The 20th Century. This Work, Written By His Closest Colleague And Collaborator, Provides An Intimate Portrait Of His Life And Scientific Accomplishments. It Discusses His Early Work With L. S. Vygotsky And Others, As Well As His Refinement Of Neuropsychology In The Soviet Union And Worldwide. Translated And Edited From The Original Russian Edition, , Moscow: Voenizdat, 1992. Homskaya Is Affiliated With Moscow State University. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) "Alexander Romanovich Luria is widely recognized as one of the most preeminent neuropsychologists of the twentieth century. Written by his closest colleague and collaborator, this book provides an intimate portrait of the life and scientific accomplishments of this famous Russian psychologist/neurologist. Homskaya discusses his important early work with L.S. Vygotsky and others - which greatly influenced Soviet psychology - as well as his refinement of neuropsychology in the Soviet Union and worldwide. Luria's role in psychological science is reviewed from an insider's perspective." "This book will be of interest to all psychologists, neurologists, neuroscientists, speech and language pathologists, and historians of psychology and Soviet science."--Jacket Alexander Romanovich Luria was born on the sixteenth of July 1902 in the city of Kazan into a well-to-do family.