Ahead of his time, Wilhelm Pfeffer : early advances in plant biology
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Ahead of his time, Wilhelm Pfeffer : early advances in plant biology
（Carleton science series, #1）
Carleton University Press, 1989
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Wilhelm Pfeffer
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Translation of: Wilhelm Pfeffer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This biography examines the life and work of Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845-1920), a pioneer of modern experimental biology who anticipated much in this field that is now taken for granted. The book shows Pfeffer as a teacher and writer with wide research interests, incisive experimental skills, and a questing mind. Dr H.Wilhelm Pfeffer, grandson of Wilhelm Pfeffer, provides the translation for this English edition.
Table of Contents
- Introduction and some important dates in Pfeffer's life
- Basic perception of natural science
- Pharmacy, chemistry, botany, physiology, cell biology, molecular biology
- Mimosa, staminal filaments, osmometer, plasma membrane
- The plasma membrane - "the gate keeper in the service of the protoplast"
- Sensitivities of single-celled organisms
- Triggering within the organism
- Regulation and feedback within the organism
- Activation, regulation, feedback, applied to the technology used for physiological studies
- Energetics
- Endogenous diurnal and annual periodicity
- Correlations: the study of "irrelevant details" with unexpected consequences
- Flaws in the literary style
- the spread of "Pfeffer "ochse" (Pepper plants) throughout the world
- Where did this great spirit originate? His character
- Duties within the university
- Honours and a sad end
- In retrospect.
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