Chemical Embryology 3 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-69575-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 2102 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 3176 g

Joseph Needham (1900–95) was a British biochemist and historian, known for his contributions to scientific research and writings on the history of science in China. First published in 1931, the books in this set form Needham's mammoth three-volume work on the subject of physico-chemical embryology. Broadly speaking, the work found its basis in three tasks: the collection from various scientific papers of the facts known about the physico-chemical basis of embryonic development; the relation of these facts to each other and to the facts derived from the labours of investigators in morphological embryology; and, on the basis of the first two tasks, ascertaining whether any generally valid principles were apparent. Illustrative figures and tables are included throughout. This set will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Needham and the development of chemical embryology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Needham, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Prolegomena; Part I. The Theory of Chemical Embryology; Part II. The Origins of Chemical Embryology: 1. Embryology in antiquity; 2. Embryology from Galen to the Renaissance; 3. Embryology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Part III. General Chemical Embryology: 1. The unfertilised egg as a physico-chemical system; 2. On increase in size and weight; 3. On increase in complexity and organisation. Volume 2: Part III. General Chemical Embryology (continued): 4. The respiration and heat-production of the embryo; 5. Biophysical phenomena in ontogenesis; 6. General metabolism of the embryo; 7. The energetics and energy-sources of embryonic development; 8. Carbohydrate metabolism; 9. Protein metabolism; 10. The metabolism of nucleins and nitrogenous extractives; 11. Fat metabolism; 12. The metabolism of lipoids, sterols, cycloses, phosphorus and sulphur. Volume 3: Part III. General Chemical Embryology (continued): 13. Inorganic metabolism; 14. Enzymes in ontogenesis; 15. Hormones in ontogenesis; 16. Vitamins in ontogenesis; 17. Pigments in ontogenesis; 18. Resistance and susceptibility in embryonic life; 19. Serology and immunology in embryonic life; 20. Biochemistry of the placenta; 21. Biochemistry of the placental barrier; 22. Biochemistry of the amniotic and allantoic liquids; 23. Blood and tissue chemistry of the embryo; 24. Hatching and birth; Epilegomena; Part IV. Appendices: 1. Normal tables of magnitudes in embryonic growth; 2. A chemical account of the maturation of the egg-cell; 3. The chemical changes during the metamorphosis of insects Dorothy Needham; 4. The development of the plant embryo from a physico-chemical viewpoint Muriel Robinson; Part V: Bibliography and author-index; Subject-index; Index animalium.