Organism as a wholePutnam, 1916 - 379 pages |
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... theory of natural selection invokes neither design nor purpose , but it is incomplete since it disregards the physicochemical constitution of living matter about which little was known until recently . In this book an attempt is made to ...
... theory of natural selection invokes neither design nor purpose , but it is incomplete since it disregards the physicochemical constitution of living matter about which little was known until recently . In this book an attempt is made to ...
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... theory of matter and electricity on a definite and in all probability permanent basis . We know the exact number of molecules in a given mass of any substance whose molecular weight is known to us , and we know the exact charge of a ...
... theory of matter and electricity on a definite and in all probability permanent basis . We know the exact number of molecules in a given mass of any substance whose molecular weight is known to us , and we know the exact charge of a ...
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... theory of adaptation were unknown . This explanation of Bernard's attitude is apparently contradicted by the fact that Driesch ' and v . Uexküll , " both brilliant biologists , occupy today a standpoint not very different from that of ...
... theory of adaptation were unknown . This explanation of Bernard's attitude is apparently contradicted by the fact that Driesch ' and v . Uexküll , " both brilliant biologists , occupy today a standpoint not very different from that of ...
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... theory a failure . We may admit that the theory of a forma- 1v . Uexküll , J. , Bausteine zu einer biologischen Weltanschauung . München , 1913 , p . 216 . I tion of new species by the cumulative effect of Introductory Remarks 5.
... theory a failure . We may admit that the theory of a forma- 1v . Uexküll , J. , Bausteine zu einer biologischen Weltanschauung . München , 1913 , p . 216 . I tion of new species by the cumulative effect of Introductory Remarks 5.
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... theory ; namely a replacement of the influence of fluctuating variation by that of equally aimless mutations . With this slight modification which is proposed by de Vries , Darwin's theory still serves the purpose of explaining how ...
... theory ; namely a replacement of the influence of fluctuating variation by that of equally aimless mutations . With this slight modification which is proposed by de Vries , Darwin's theory still serves the purpose of explaining how ...
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