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Loeb, Jacques

The Mechanistic Conception of Life / Jacques Loeb; ed. by Donald Fleming. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (216 p.) : 58 line illustrations, 8 tables - The John Harvard Library ; 59 .

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- 1. THE MECHANISTIC CONCEPTION OF LIFE -- 2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TROPISMS FOR PSYCHOLOGY -- 3. SOME FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND CONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- 4. PATTERN ADAPTATION OF FISHES AND THE MECHANISM OF VISION -- 5. ON SOME FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY -- 6. ON THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION -- 7. ON THE NATURE OF FORMATIVE STIMULATION (ARTIFICIAL PARTHENOGENESIS) -- 8. THE PREVENTION OF THE DEATH OF THE EGG THROUGH THE ACT OF FERTILIZATION -- 9. THE ROLE OF SALTS IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE -- 10. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON ANIMALS -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674864306 9780674864313

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674864313 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biogenesis.
Biology--Philosophy.
Biology.
Biowissenschaften, Biologie.
Life (Biology).
Mechanism (Philosophy).
Vie (biologie).
Biology -- Philosophy.
Biology.
Life (Biology).
Mechanism (Philosophy).
Metaphysics.
HISTORY / United States / General.

LC Class. No.: QH311

Dewey Class. No.: 577