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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sherrie L LyonsPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781442635098ISBN 10: 1442635096 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 20 July 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 IndexReviewsReading Lyons's superb book on the history of cells and their relation to organisms provides a much more complex story that shows how mid-19th-century outlooks became modified and raised new questions about the meaning of the terms cell and organism, between reductionist and holistic or organicist approaches to study the cell in its relation to heredity and development. -- Elof Axel Carlson * The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 96, No. 2 * Author InformationSherrie L. Lyons is the author of numerous books on the history of biology, including Evolution: The Basics and Species, Spirits, Serpents, and Skulls: Science at the Margins in the Victorian Age. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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