Hans Selye

Hans Selye, CC [ ʃɛjɛ ] (born 26 January 1907 in Vienna, Austria, † October 16, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec ) was a Canadian physician Austria - Hungarian origin.

Life

He developed already in the 1930s, the foundations of the theory of stress and the general adaptation syndrome or Selye syndrome. He is thus described as the "father of stress research ." In 1934 he emigrated to Canada.

Since the publication of his first scientific work, in 1936 he identified "stress" and defined, Selye wrote more than 1,700 works and 39 books on the subject. "I have all the languages ​​given a new word - stress ," said Selye in the summary of his life's work. At the time of his death (1982 ) his work in more than 362 000 scientific papers and in countless stories, in most languages ​​and all countries were cited. He is still by far the world's most cited author on the subject.

Selye had three doctorates (MD, Ph.D., D.Sc. ) and 43 honorary doctorates. He was a member of several dozen of the most prestigious medical and scientific associations. Selye has its international respect not only for his scientific achievements obtained, but also by its use in the practice of his work. Two of his books, " The Stress of Life" and "Stress Without Distress " were best sellers (the latter book at all in 17 languages).

He attended high school in the Hungarian Komárno. Today this school, and the J. Selye University in Komárno bear his name.

Works (selection)

• The Physiology and Pathology of Exposure to STRESS. ACTA Medical Publishers, 1950
• Introduction to the theory of adaptation syndrome ( German 1953)
• Stress dominates our lives ( German 1957)
• Electrolysis, stress and cardiac necrosis ( German 1959)