The Heritage of Experimental Embryology : Hans Spemann and the Organizer (Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology)

By Viktor Hamburger

Here is a critical account of the experimental work of German biologist and Nobel laureate Hans Spemann, one of the founders of experimental embryology. The author, a distinguished developmental biologist, spent almost a decade in Spemann's laboratory. He examines Spemann's work and traces
the different lines of investigation which emerged from his mentor's seminal research, and laid the foundation for modern cellular and developmental biology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195051106
• ISBN13: 9780195051100
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"