Book ID: CBB001551937

August Weismann: Development, Heredity, and Evolution (2015)

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Churchill, F. B. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: xii + 700 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

In this deeply researched biography, Churchill explains the development of Weismann's pioneering work based on cytology and embryology and opens up an expanded history of biology from 1859 to 1914. August Weismann is sure to become the definitive account of an extraordinary life and career.

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Authors & Contributors
Teixidó Gómez, Francisco
Bock von Wülfingen, Bettina
Brandão, Gilberto Oliveira
Brauckmann, Sabine
Burian, Richard M.
Churchill, Frederick B.
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Biological Theory
Filosofia e História da Biologia
Publishers
Brepols
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
Concepts
Biology
Embryology
Cytology
Genetics
Evolution
Developmental biology
People
Weismann, August
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Darlington, Cyril Dean
Haeckel, Ernst
Pujiula, Jaime
Baer, Karl Ernst von
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Germany
Spain
United States
Europe
Netherlands
Moscow (Russia)
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