The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic PhilosophyMetchnikoff, E.
1903
1903

Physiology and the whole organism · Book
The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy
- Published
- 1903
- In the library
- Held in full, 90,239 words
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1930 or earlier)
- Source
- Internet Archive scan
- Why it is here
- From the Russian and Soviet schools
Articles it speaks to
Teleology and purposiveness in biology/Left-right asymmetry/Precision, synaptic gain and neuromodulation/Habit and plasticity/Affordance and action selection/Canalization, bifurcation and gene circuit models/Behaviour of single cells/Natural selection and the struggle for existence/Physical forces and form/Criteria of mind/Inherency of form, mesoscopic materials and the physical origin of body plans/Bacterial chemotaxis and the CheY signalling system/Germ-plasm theory and chromosome individuality/Memory as adaptation