Biology in the Nineteenth Century Problems of Form, Function and Transformation

Name: Biology in the Nineteenth Century Problems of Form, Function and Transformation
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ISBN: 9780521292931

ISBN-10: 052129293X

ISBN-13: 9780521292931

Edition: 2nd 1977 (Revised)

Authors: William L. Coleman, George Basalla, Owen Hannaway

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The term 'biology' first appeared in a footnote in an obscure German medical publication of 1800, but a century of subsequent activity was needed to create a thriving science. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive examination of essential themes in this development. To one group of nineteenth-century biologists, largely comprised of anatomists, histologists and embryologists, the appearance and constituent structures of the plant or animal body seemed all-important; they studied organic form and the means by which it was brought into being. A second group concentrated on the vital processes diversely exhibited by all living creatures. They studied function, their self-assigned task…

Book details

List price: $20.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1977
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/27/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.35" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Biology



Form: cell theory



Form: individual development



Transformation



Man



Function: the animal machine



The experimental ideal


Bibliography


Index