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Pauly, Philip J.

Controlling life : Jacques Loeb and the engineering ideal in biology / Philip J. Pauly. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 1 online resource (252 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits. - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology . - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-237) and index.

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.

The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation.

ISBN: 0195042441 (alk. paper) 9780195042443 (alk. paper) 1423758455 (electronic bk.) 9781423758457 (electronic bk.) 1601296185 9781601296184 1280523239 9781280523236 019536466X 9780195364668

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 0195042441 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924.
Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924.
Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924.
Loeb, Jacques.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biologists--United States--Biography.
Biology--Philosophy--History.
Biologists--Biography.--United States
Biologie--Philosophie--Histoire.
Biologistes--Biographies.--États-Unis
NATURE--Reference.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--General.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
Biologists.
Biology--Philosophy.
Biologie

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: United States Biology Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.

LC Class. No.: QH31.L73 / P38 1987eb

Dewey Class. No.: 570.92 B