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The mechanistic conception of life; biological essays
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life (Biology).
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- mechanistic conception of life
- The mechanistic conception of life
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago University of Chicago Press [c1912] 1912
- Summary:
- The essays contained in this volume were written on different occasions mostly in response to requests for a popular presentation of the results of the author's investigations. The title of the volume characterizes their general tendency as an attempt to analyze life from a purely physico-chemical viewpoint. Since they deal to a large extent with the personal work of the author, repetition was unavoidable, but in view of the technical difficulties presented by some of the topics this may serve to facilitate the understanding of the subject"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
- 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 an 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:
- Description based on print version record.
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