Project Gutenberg 2014-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 129 Loeb, Jacques 1859 1924 16025201 The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Thiers Halliwell, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint" by Jacques Loeb is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intricate relationships within living organisms, specifically addressing the physicochemical nature of biological processes and how these elements contribute to the unity and functioning of an organism as a whole. It reflects a time of significant advancements in biology and genetics, particularly relating to heredity and evolution. The opening of this treatise presents a discussion on the physicochemical framework of biology, outlining the limitations of purely vitalistic perspectives in understanding organismal harmony and functioning. Loeb emphasizes the importance of the cytoplasm in the egg, positing that it serves as a fundamental structure that guides the development of the organism, independent of Mendelian characteristics. He critiques existing theories while advocating for a consistent approach to studying life phenomena that synthesizes physics, chemistry, and biology, ultimately setting the stage for a broader examination of the unity of living organisms throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45962/45962-h/images/title.jpg en Biology Life (Biology) Mendel's law QH Text Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 885493 884869 2024-09-19T09:07:36.314982 2023-09-20T05:30:00.849171 text/html text/html 874735 2014-06-14T13:40:21 text/html 950803 2014-06-14T13:46:00 text/html application/zip 948949 2024-09-19T09:07:57.227838 application/epub+zip 961620 2024-09-19T09:07:41.079927 application/epub+zip 318696 2024-09-19T09:07:38.322967 application/epub+zip 1306239 2024-09-19T09:08:08.138800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1180933 2024-09-19T09:07:54.094851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473575 2022-09-20T21:46:09.627457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612002 2024-09-19T09:07:33.175978 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 611925 2020-06-15T19:53:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 206128 2020-06-15T19:53:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 610719 2014-06-14T13:20:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 205647 2014-06-14T13:20:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 611301 2014-06-14T13:22:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 205358 2014-06-14T13:22:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21729 2024-09-19T09:08:08.362790 application/rdf+xml 9805 2024-09-19T09:07:38.559936 image/jpeg 2347 2024-09-19T09:07:38.439947 image/jpeg 959532 2024-09-19T09:07:36.472984 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog