Matter, Life, and Generation: Eighteenth-Century Embryology and the Haller-Wolff Debate
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In the eighteenth century, two rival theories of organic generation existed. The 'preformationists' believed that all embryos had been formed by God at the Creation and encased within one another to await their future appointed time of development, while the 'epigenesists' argued that each embryo is newly produced through gradual development from unorganized material. The most important clash between the two schools, the debate between Albrecht von...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:052152525X
ISBN13:9780521525251
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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