Controlling life : Jacques Loeb and the engineering ideal in biology / Philip J. Pauly.
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TextSeries: Monographs on the history and philosophy of biologyPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.Description: 1 online resource (252 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraitsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0195042441
- 9780195042443
- 1423758455
- 9781423758457
- 1601296185
- 9781601296184
- 1280523239
- 9781280523236
- 019536466X
- 9780195364668
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
- Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
- Loeb, Jacques
- Biologists -- United States -- Biography
- Biology -- Philosophy -- History
- Biologists -- United States -- Biography
- Biologie -- Philosophie -- Histoire
- Biologistes -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- NATURE -- Reference
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Biologists
- Biology -- Philosophy
- United States
- Biologie
- United States Biology Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
- 570.92 B 22
- QH31.L73 P38 1987eb
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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.
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