Ahead of his time : Wilhelm Pfeffer, early advances in plant biology / / Erwin Bünning ; translated by Helmut William Pfeffer
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Bünning Erwin <1906-1990.>
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| Titolo: |
Ahead of his time : Wilhelm Pfeffer, early advances in plant biology / / Erwin Bünning ; translated by Helmut William Pfeffer
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| Pubblicazione: | Ottawa, Ont. : , : Carleton University Press, , 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina: | 581/.092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Botanists - Germany |
| Note generali: | Translation of: Wilhelm Pfeffer. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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 � ""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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ahead of his time |
| ISBN: | 1-282-86400-9 |
| 9786612864001 | |
| 0-7735-7357-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782621003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Carleton science series ; ; 1.