Driesch, Hans Adolf Eduard

Christoph Gradmann, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002552

(1867–1941) German biologist and philosopher who made contributions to experimental embryology and was one of most prominent proponents of vitalism in twentieth century biology.

Keywords: biology; embryology; vitalism; philosophy

 Further Reading
    book Driesch HAE (1951) Lebenserinnerungen. Aufzeichnungen eines Forschers und Denkers in entscheidender Zeit. Basel: Reinhardt.
    book Mocek R (1998) Die werdende Form. Eine Geschichte der Kausalen Morphologie. Marburg: Basilisken-Presse.
    book Nyhart LK (1995) Biology takes Form: Animal Morphology and the German Universities 1800–1900. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Gradmann, Christoph(Apr 2001) Driesch, Hans Adolf Eduard. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002552]