The mechanistic conception of life / by Jacques Loeb ; edited by Donald Fleming.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©1964.
Series:	John Harvard library.
Subjects:	Life (Biology) Biology. Biology > Philosophy. Mechanism (Philosophy) biology. Biology Biology > Philosophy Biologie > Philosophie. Vie (biologie)
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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.

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