Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life: Organic Vitality in Germany Around 1800

by Joan Steigerwald

Attempts to distinguish a science of life at the turn of the nineteenth century faced a number of challenges. A central difficulty was clearly demarcating the living from the nonliving experimentally and conceptually. The more closely the boundaries between organic and inorganic phenomena were examined, the more they expanded and thwarted any clear delineation. Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life traces the debates surrounding the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822945533
• ISBN13: 9780822945536
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.1" x 9.1"