Driesch

/ driːʃ /

noun

DrieschHans Adolf Eduard18671941MGermanSCIENCE: zoologistSCIENCE: embryologist Hans Adolf Eduard (hans ˈaːdɔlf ˈɛdʊɑːd). 1867–1941, German zoologist and embryologist

Many scientists are agreed on this point, although they repudiate the claims of neo-vitalists such as Driesch and Reinke.

Driesch and v. Uexkll consider the Darwinian theory a failure.

Let us in imagination simplify Driesch's experiment, for the sake of gaining a clearer view of its meaning.

In his earlier work Driesch assumed from pressure experiments that the egg had a great power of regulation.

Driesch noticed that the newly formed head is the smaller the smaller the whole piece.

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