History
A History of Embryology (1959), by Joseph Needham
In 1931 embryologist and historian Joseph Needham published a well-received three-volume treatise titled Chemical Embryology. The first four chapters from this work were delivered as lectures on
Jane Marion Oppenheimer (1911-1966)
Jane Marion Oppenheimer, embryologist and historian of science and medicine, was born on 19 September 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Sylvia Stern and James H. Oppenheimer. After studying zoology at
Edward Stuart Russell (1887-1954)
Edward Stuart Russell was born 23 March 1887 to Helen Cockburn Young and the Reverend
Embryos in Wax (2002), by Nick Hopwood
Embryos in Wax: Models from the Ziegler Studio, is a history of embryo wax modeling written by science historian
Jane Maienschein (1950- )
