1. The Shaping of a Biologist -- 2. The Engineering Standpoint -- 3. New American Environments -- 4. Evolution and Experimentation -- 5. The Invention of Artificial Parthenogenesis -- 6. Investigating Animal Behavior -- 7. The Problems of a Mechanistic Conception of Life -- 8. The Loebian Influence in American Biology
Summary
The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation
Analysis
United States Biology Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-237) and index
