The mechanistic conception of life [electronic resource] / by Jacques Loeb ; edited by Donald Fleming.

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Main Author: Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©1964.
Series:John Harvard library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PREFACE
  • 1. THE MECHANISTIC CONCEPTION OF LIFE
  • 2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TROPISMS FOR PSYCHOLOGY
  • 3. SOME FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND CONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • 4. PATTERN ADAPTATION OF FISHES AND THE MECHANISM OF VISION
  • 5. ON SOME FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY
  • 6. ON THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION
  • 7. ON THE NATURE OF FORMATIVE STIMULATION (ARTIFICIAL PARTHENOGENESIS)
  • 8. THE PREVENTION OF THE DEATH OF THE EGG THROUGH THE ACT OF FERTILIZATION
  • 9. THE ROLE OF SALTS IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE
  • 10. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON ANIMALS
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter.