Heiner Fangerau. Spinning the Scientific Web: Jacques Loeb (1859–1924) und sein Programm einer internationalen biomedizinischen Grundlagenforschung. 280 pp., illus., tables, bibl., index. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2010. €59.80 (cloth).

Silvia Berger

doi:10.1086/661685

Heiner Fangerau. Spinning the Scientific Web: Jacques Loeb (1859–1924) und sein Programm einer internationalen biomedizinischen Grundlagenforschung. 280 pp., illus., tables, bibl., index. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2010. €59.80 (cloth).

Isis ◽

10.1086/661685 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 102 (2) ◽

pp. 366-367

Author(s):

Silvia Berger

Keyword(s):

Jacques Loeb

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Note on the Work of Jacques Loeb

Ion Transport Across Membranes ◽

10.1016/b978-1-4832-2809-9.50006-9 ◽

1954 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

W.J.V. OSTERHOUT

Keyword(s):

Jacques Loeb

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Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology.Philip J. Pauly

The Quarterly Review of Biology ◽

10.1086/415717 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 57-58

Author(s):

Jane Oppenheimer

Keyword(s):

Jacques Loeb

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Rose succeeds where Wilson fails

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x99332209 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 895-896

Author(s):

Jerry Hirsch

Keyword(s):

Human Data ◽

Jacques Loeb

Rose's accomplishment in combining ontological unity with epistemological diversity contrasts it with Wilson's failure in overemphasizing the former and not appreciating the latter. This commentary cites the two most authoritative discussions of the inapplicability of heritability to human data, corrects several historical errors or inaccuracies in genetics, and criticizes the characterizations of Jacques Loeb and Robert Plomin.

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