Biology Takes Form - Animal Morphology and the German Universities, 1800-1900 (Hardcover, New edition)

Morphology--the study of form--is often regarded as a failed science that made only limited contributions to our understanding of the living world. Challenging this view, Lynn Nyhart argues that morphology was integral to the life sciences of the nineteenth century. "Biology Takes Form" traces the development of morphological research in German universities and illuminates significant institutional and intellectual changes in nineteenth-century German biology.
Although there were neither professors of morphology nor a morphologists' society, morphologists achieved influence by "colonizing" niches in a variety of disciplines. Scientists in anatomy, zoology, natural history, and physiology considered their work morphological, and the term encompassed research that today might be classified as embryology, systematics, functional morphology, comparative physiology, ecology, behavior, evolutionary theory, or histology. Nyhart draws on research notes, correspondence, and other archival material to examine how these scientists responded to new ideas and to the work of colleagues. She examines the intertwined histories of morphology and the broader biological enterprise, demonstrating that the study of form was central to investigations of such issues as the relationships between an animal's structure and function, between an organism and its environment, and between living species and their ancestors.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF
Release date:	October 1995
First published:	October 1995
Authors:	Lynn K. Nyhart
Dimensions:	232 x 155 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	428
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-61086-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal physiology Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-226-61086-1
Barcode:	9780226610863

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