TY - BOOK AU - Pauly,Philip J. TI - Controlling life: Jacques Loeb and the engineering ideal in biology T2 - Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology SN - 0195042441 AV - QH31.L73 P38 1987eb U1 - 570.92B 22 PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Loeb, Jacques, KW - Loeb, Jacques. KW - Biologists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Biology KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - Biologie KW - Philosophie KW - Histoire KW - Biologistes KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - NATURE KW - Reference KW - bisacsh KW - SCIENCE KW - Life Sciences KW - General KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Science & Technology KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=151076 ER -