'useful for advanced audiences interested in the history of science and foundations of biological philosophies. Summing Up: Recommended.' CHOICE

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Old and New Organicisms; Chapter 2 Romantic Biology: Establishing Connections in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Chapter 3 The British Version: J. S. Haldane, D'arcy Thompson and the Organism as a Whole; Chapter 4 The New Generation: A Failed Organismal Revolution; Chapter 5 The American Version: Chicago and Beyond; Chapter 6 Romantic Biology from California's Shores: W. E. Ritter, C. M. Child and the Scripps Marine Association; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Whatever Happened to Organismal Biologies?;