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Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology

by Philip J. Pauly

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The biologist Jaques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation.

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Philip J. Pauly is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University.

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Canonical title: Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology

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Published: 1987
Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Philosophy, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 574.092
LCC: QH31 .L73 .P38

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