Inbunden, Engelska, 1987
Controlling Life
Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology
Del i serien Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
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Beskrivning
The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation. This scientific biography traces Loeb's career, and places his experiments and the controversies they generated in their intellectual and institutional contexts.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 1987-08-20
- Mått: 160 x 243 x 19 mm
- Vikt: 579 g
- Format: Inbunden
- Språk: Engelska
- Serie: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
- Antal sidor: 260
- Förlag: OUP USA
- ISBN: 9780195042443
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This highly topical and and fascinating book deals essentially with the historical roots of biotechnology. Pauly weaves a rich fabric by integrating Loeb's career and his ideas into the social and political world of science and medicine in late 19th century Germany and early 20th century America...Recommended for college and university history of science collections.
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