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Controlling Life - Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology (Hardcover): Philip J. Pauly

Controlling Life - Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology (Hardcover)

Philip J. Pauly

Series: Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology

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The biologist Jacques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation. This biography traces his career and convincingly argues that Loeb's desire to control organisms, manifested in studies of both reproduction and animal behavior, contributed to a new self-image for biologists. The author places Loeb's experiments and the controversies they generated in their intellectual and institutional contexts, tracing his influence on the development of behaviorism, genetics, and reproductive biology.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
Release date:	August 1987
First published:	April 1987
Authors:	Philip J. Pauly (Associate Professor of History)
Dimensions:	243 x 161 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-504244-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-504244-1
Barcode:	9780195042443