03694nam 2200649Ia 450 991078262100332120230912144339.01-282-86400-997866128640010-7735-7357-7(CKB)1000000000714072(EBL)3331223(SSID)ssj0000276742(PQKBManifestationID)11206020(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276742(PQKBWorkID)10226786(PQKB)11571512(CaPaEBR)403834(Au-PeEL)EBL3331223(CaPaEBR)ebr10141896(CaONFJC)MIL286400(OCoLC)929121603(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/n3kxwt(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/403834(MiAaPQ)EBC3331223(MiAaPQ)EBC3245648(EXLCZ)99100000000071407219901026d1989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAhead of his time Wilhelm Pfeffer, early advances in plant biology /Erwin Bünning ; translated by Helmut William PfefferOttawa, Ont. :Carleton University Press,1989.1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) illustrations, portraitsCarleton science series ;1Translation of: Wilhelm Pfeffer.0-88629-103-8 0-88629-102-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and indexes.""Contents""; ""Translator's Note""; ""Foreword""; ""1. Introduction and Some Important Dates in Pfeffer's Life""; ""2. Basic Perception of Natural Science""; ""a) A Life Devoted to Science""; ""b) All Processes of Life Have a Physical Explanation""; ""c) The Complexity of Life's Processes Is Often Overlooked""; ""d) Biological Structures Do Not Have Sharp Boundaries. There Is no ""Realization of An Idea""""; ""3. Pharmacy - Chemistry - Botany - Physiology - Cell Biology - Molecular Biology""; ""a) In the Pharmacy""; ""b) Botanist""; ""c) Physiology""""d) Molecular Biology, Micelles, Macro-Molecules"" ""e) Only a Laboratory Botanist?""; ""4. Mimosa, Staminal Filaments, Osmometer, Plasma Membrane""; ""a) From Staminal Filaments to the Osmometer""; ""b) The Plasma Membrane""; ""c) The Contractile Cell""; ""5. The Plasma Membrane â€? ""The Gate Keeper in the Service of the Protoplast""""; ""a) Properties of the Plasma Membrane""; ""b) Advances and Reversals after Pfeffer. Membranes Play an Active Role""; ""6. The Single-Celled Organism Has the Ability to Do Everything. A Few Letters Are Adequate for the Genetic Code""""7. Sensitivities of Single-Celled Organisms"" ""8. Triggering within the Organism""; ""a) ""Stimulation""""; ""b) ""Senses""""; ""9. Regulation and Feedback in the Organism""; ""a) Feedback, Law of Mass Action""; ""b) Adaptation of Enzyme Formation to the Substrate""; ""c) Oscillations about Equilibrium""; ""10. Activation, Regulation, Feedback Applied to the Technology Used for Physiological Studies""; ""11. Energetics""; ""a) There is no Special Vital Force""; ""b) Life without Oxygen""; ""c) Energy Conversion of the Cell at Rest""; ""Publications by Pfeffer""Carleton science series ;1.BotanistsGermanyBiographyBotanists581/.092BBünning Erwin1906-1990.63324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782621003321Ahead of his time3836476UNINA