Format:
1 online resource (427 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783642352546
Content:
This is the first of a two-volume biography placing Mendel in context of the history of biology and philosophy. Spanning Mendel's family life and early education, it sets the stage for a new interpretation of his work and personality. 80 original drawings.
Content:
Intro -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Contents -- Contents of Volume 2 -- 1: Prelude: Heredity, Sex, and Species: The Greek View -- Heredity Counter Generation -- The Mutiny of Reason -- Change or No Change? -- Plato´s Myth -- Aristotle11 and His Inventory of Reality -- The Hylomorphic Doctrine -- Aristotle´s Theory of Change -- Aristotle´s Concept of Animal Reproduction16,17 -- Aristotle´s Theory of Inheritance16,31 -- Aristotle´s Species Concept36,37 -- Where Modern Genetics Meets Old Aristotle -- How Does Mendel Fit into All This? -- References and Notes -- 2: Silesia and Moravia: Mendel´s Tortured Homeland -- Geographia Mendeliana -- The Birth of the Land3 -- Prehistoric Moravia/Silesia4 -- The Language Tree of Europe6,7 -- The Path to Modern Europe9,10 -- The Ascension of the Slavs -- Western Slavs´ Search for New Homeland -- Lands of the Czech Crown -- A Kingdom Granted and a Kingdom Stolen17 -- Islets of German-Speaking People in the Czech Lands -- Origin of Mendel´s Genes -- References and Notes -- 3: The First Decade: The Childhood of a Farmer´s Son -- Kravarsko -- The Odry Domain -- Hynčice and Veselí -- Ancestors -- The Surname -- Parents -- Teachers and Philanthropists -- Farmstead No. 58 -- Johann Mendel Is Born -- The Sisters and Other Relatives -- The State of the Empire -- A Day at Home with the Mendels -- A Year of the Natural Cycle on Anton Mendel´s Farm -- A Year in a Village -- The Birth of a Naturalist -- A Momentous Decision -- Inevitability and Serendipity: Part 1 -- Postscript: Mendel´s Nationality -- References and Notes -- 4: Johann Mendel´s Lehrjahre: The Second Decade -- Lipník nad Bečvou -- The Empire´s Schools9 -- The Prämiant -- Opava15 -- Olomouc -- Inevitability and Serendipity: Part 2 -- References and Notes -- 5: The Third Decade: The Vow -- The City on Two Rivers -- The Augustinians9.
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Additional Edition:
9783642352539
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9783642352539
Language:
English
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