Biology in the nineteenth century : problems of form, function and transformation
The term 'biology' first appeared in the footnote in a obscure German medical publication of 1800, but a century of activity was needed to create a thriving science. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive examination of essential themes in this development.
Print Book, English, ©1977
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Mass., ©1977
vii, 187 p. : il. ; 21 cm.
9780521292931, 9780521218610, 052129293X, 0521218616
318135258
1. Biology; 2. Form: cell theory; 3. Form: individual development; 4. Transformation; 5. Man; 6. Function: the animal machine; 7. The experimental ideal; Bibliography; Index.