From Cells to Organisms - Re-Envisioning Cell Theory

From Cells to Organisms is both a history of science and a history of how ideas are developed and accepted in society.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Microscopes and the Discovery of the Cell
2. The Physical Basis of Life
3. The Cell as the Unit of Heredity and Development
4. The Cell Theory in Development
5. Progress in Understanding Heredity
6. Organisms, Ebryonic Induction, and Morphogenetic Fields
7. Twoness
8. How Does a Chicken become an Egg: Evo Devo and Ecodevo
Epilogue
Appendix
Milestones and Controversies in the History of Cell Theory
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the author

By Sherrie L. Lyons

Product details

• Authors: Sherrie L Lyons, Sherrie L. Lyons
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781442635104
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-3510-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Geschichte, Biologie, Biowissenschaften, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Modern / General, Science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology