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The Evolutionary Biology Papers of Elie Metchnikoff
. Ed(S): Gourko, Helena; Williamson, D.; Tauber, Alfred I.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gourko, Helena; Williamson, D.; Tauber, Alfred I. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PSAJ; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916), winner of the Nobel Prize in 1907 for his contributions to immunology, was first a comparative zoologist, who, working in the wake of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, made seminal contributions to evolutionary biology. His work in comparative embryology is best known in regard to the debates with Ernst Haeckel concerning animal genealogical relationships and the theoretical origins of metazoans. But independent of those polemics, Metchnikoff developed his `phagocytosis theory' of immunity as a result of his early comparative embryology research, and only in examining the full ... Read more
Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916), winner of the Nobel Prize in 1907 for his contributions to immunology, was first a comparative zoologist, who, working in the wake of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, made seminal contributions to evolutionary biology. His work in comparative embryology is best known in regard to the debates with Ernst Haeckel concerning animal genealogical relationships and the theoretical origins of metazoans. But independent of those polemics, Metchnikoff developed his `phagocytosis theory' of immunity as a result of his early comparative embryology research, and only in examining the full ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048153565
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V9789048153565
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