Life science in the twentieth century / Garland E. Allen.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:History of science (John Wiley & Sons)
Main Author: Allen, Garland E.
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, [1975]
Series:History of science (John Wiley & Sons)
Subjects:
Biology > History.
Biology > history.
Physical Description:xxv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The influences of Darwinian thought on late nineteenth-century biology
  • Revolt from morphology I: the origins of experimental embryology
  • Revolt from morphology II: heredity and evolution
  • Mechanistic materialism and its metamorphosis: general physiology, 1900-1930
  • The convergence of disciplines: embryology, genetics, and evolution, 1915-1960
  • The chemical foundation of life: the growth of biochemistry in the twentieth century
  • The origin and development of molecular biology.