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Controlling life : Jacques Loeb and the engineering ideal in biology / Philip J. Pauly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pauly, Philip J., author.
- Series:
- Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology.
- Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924.
- Loeb, Jacques.
- Biology--Philosophy--History.
- Biology.
- Biologists--United States--Biography.
- Biologists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Shaping of a Biologist; 2. The Engineering Standpoint; 3. New American Environments; 4. Evolution and Experimentation; 5. The Invention of Artificial Parthenogenesis; 6. Investigating Animal Behavior; 7. The Problems of a Mechanistic Conception of Life; 8. The Loebian Influence in American Biology; Notes; Key to Manuscript Citations; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52323-9
- 9786610523238
- 1-4237-5845-5
- 0-19-536466-X
- 1-60129-618-5
- OCLC:
- 191038031
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