What Is Regeneration? /

Two historians and philosophers of science offer an essential primer on the meaning and limits of regeneration. In punishment for his stealing fire, the Greek gods chained Prometheus to a rock, where every day an eagle plucked out his liver, and every night the liver regenerated. While Prometheus ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Maienschein, Jane (Autor), MacCord, Kate (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Colección:Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory
Temas:
Regeneration (Biology)-History.
Regeneration (Biology).
SCIENCE / General.
regeneration, systems, scales of life, repair, damage, hydra, salamander, organisms.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • 1. The Idea of Regeneration
  • 2. Observations and Experiments
  • 3. Mechanisms of Regeneration
  • 4. Living Systems and Different Scales
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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