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THIS book is addressed not so much to the professional biologist as to the intelligent public and the philosopher. Its aim is to discuss anew what sort of mental picture we shall form of living organisms, and thus what kind of problems we shall formulate about them and what kind of answers we shall consider satisfactory. The question is discussed primarily with reference to the data of experimental embryology, which have so often led to similar dis-quisitions in the past. The fundamentals of our knowledge in this field, including the more important recent advances, are very clearly summarized in the middle section of the book, and this forms a valuable introduction to the subject, illustrated with admirable diagrams.
Entwicklungsbiologie und Ganzheit:
ein Beitrag zur Neugestaltung des Weltbildes. Von Prof. Dr. B. Dürken. Pp. vi + 207. (Leipzig und Berlin: B. G. Teubner, 1936.) 6.80 gold marks.
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Entwicklungsbiologie und Ganzheit. Nature 141, 535 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141535a0
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