Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages) |
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Archimedes, 1385-0180 ; v. 34 |
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Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 34.
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Contents |
Part 1. Plant Physiology -- A Synthesis of Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics in Plant Physiology: The Investigation of a Moody Apprentice -- The Exchange of Matter and the Transformation of Energy -- Part 2. Experiment and Natural History -- The Laboratory is Nature: Investigating the Cycle of Life Under the Microscope -- Free Nature in the Laboratory -- Part 3. Ecology -- Vinogradskii's Transformation from Plant Physiologist to Ecologist, 1890-1920 -- Soil Science and Russian Ecology -- Part 4. French Agriculture -- The Master of Brie-Compte-Robert and His "Direct Method:" Translating the Cycle of Life into Ecology -- Ecological Microbiology -- Part 5. The Impact of Vinogradskii's Work -- Science is Ecological and Ecology is Scientific: The Uptake of Vinogradskii's Direct Methods -- Vinogradskii's Reception in Russian and Soviet Microbiology -- Conclusions |
Summary |
This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii's career and scientific research trajectory as a point of entry, this book illustrates the manner in which microbiologists, chemists, botanists, and plant physiologists inscribed the concept of a ""cycle of life"" into their investigations. Their research transformed a longstanding notion into the fundamental approaches and concepts that underlay the new ecological disciplines that emerged in the 1920s. The book presents a re |
Analysis |
Science (General) |
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Ecology |
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History of Science |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Winogradsky, S. (Serge), 1856-1953.
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SUBJECT |
Winogradsky, S. (Serge), 1856-1953 fast |
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Winogradsky, Serge 1856-1953 gnd |
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Ecologists -- Biography
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Microbiologists -- Biography
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Ecology -- History
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Microbiology -- History
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Ecologists
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Ecology
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Microbiologists
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Microbiology
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789400751989 |
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9400751982 |
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