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New paths in biology
- Title
- New paths in biology / Adolf Portmann, translated by Arnold J. Pomerans.
- Author
- Portmann, Adolf, 1897-1982.
- Publication
- New York, Harper & Row [©1964]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Pomerans, Arnold
- Description
- xviii, 170 pages illustrations
- Summary
- The author discusses the cell and cellular formation and development; stimulus and perception and how these relate to the particular biological entity and its environment; the problems of biological ranking; and the mechanistic theory of evolution, which he considers an oversimplification of the evolutionary process. He closes with a discussion of two tendencies in modern biology: the attempt to formulate universal laws at a time when there are too many unanswered questions within the field; and the attempt to relate biological discoveries to a framework of ethics and behavior problems.--
- Series Statement
- World perspectives, v. 30
- Uniform Title
- Neue Wege der Biologie. English
- World perspectives ; v. 30.
- Alternative Title
- Neue Wege der Biologie.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Note
- Translation of Neue Wege der Biologie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 161-170)
- Contents
- Invisible life -- The whole and its parts -- The inner world -- Natural form and technical shape -- The hierarchy of living forms -- The realm of images -- Evolution -- The hierarchy of vital characteristics.
- LCCN
- 62020113
- OCLC
- ocm00536920
- 536920
- SCSB-474105
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library