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The mechanistic conception of life; biological essays / by Jacques Loeb.
LIBRA QH311 .L7 1912
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life (Biology).
- Biology.
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Mechanism (Philosophy).
- Phylosophy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biology.
- Phylosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1912]
- Contents:
- The mechanistic conception of life.
- The significance of tropisms for psychology.
- Some fundamental facts and conceptions concerning the comparative physiology of the central nervous system.
- Pattern adaptation of fishes and the mechanism of vision.
- On some facts and principles of physiological morphology.
- On the nature of the process of fertilization.
- On the nature of formative stimulation (artificial parthenogenesis)
- The prevention of the death of the egg through the act of fertilization.
- The role of salts in the preservation of life.
- Experimental study of the influence of environment on animals.
- Notes:
- Reprinted from various sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 784486
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