Biology and its makers

By

Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, H. Holt, 1915

Edition

3rd ed. rev.

Notes

"Reading list": p. 449-460.

Contents: An outline of the rise of biology and of the epochs in its history.--Vesalius and the overthrow of authority in science.--William Harvey and experimental observation.--Tbhe introduction of the microscope and the progress of independent observation.--The progress of minute anatomy.--Linnaeus and scientific natural history.--Cuvier and the rise of comparative anatomyy--Bichat and the birth of histology.--The rise physiology. Harvey. Haller. Johannes Müller.--Van Baer and te rise of embryology.--The cell-theory. Schleiden. Schwann. Schultze.--Protoplasm te physical basis of life.--The work of Pasteur, Koch, and others.--Heredity and germinal continuity. Mendel. Galton. Weismann.--The science of fossil like.--What evolution is; the evidence upon which it rests, etc.--Theories of evolution. Lamarck. Darwin.--Theories continued. Weismann. De Vries.--The rise of evolutionary thought.--Retrospect and prospect. Present tendencies in biology.

Subjects

Biology , History

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.30326
OCLC: 2152542