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A History of Embryology (1959), by Joseph Needham
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 28, 2010
In 1931 embryologist and historian Joseph Needham published a well-received three-volume treatise titled Chemical Embryology. The first four chapters…
LiteratureNeedham, Joseph, 1900-1995Publicationshistory
Jane Marion Oppenheimer (1911-1966)
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Jane Marion Oppenheimer, embryologist and historian of science and medicine, was born on 19 September 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Sylvia…
PeopleBiographyEvolutionhistory
Edward Stuart Russell (1887-1954)
By: Mark A. Ulett
| Published: Jun 29, 2010
Edward Stuart Russell was born 23 March 1887 to Helen Cockburn Young and the Reverend John N. Russell in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Friends and co-…
PeopleBiographyMorphologyhistoryphilosophy
General Embryological Information Service, published annually by the Hubrecht Laboratory, 1949-1981
By: Nathan Crowe
| Published: Jan 03, 2013
The General Embryological Information Service (GEIS) was an annual report published by the Hubrecht Laboratory in Utrecht, The Netherlands from 1949…
LiteratureNieuwkoop, Pieter D. (Pieter Dirk)Science--History--PeriodicalsScience--Periodicals--PublishingDrosophila melanogaster
Jane Maienschein (1950- )
By: EP Editorial Team
| Published: Oct 24, 2008
Jane Maienschein is the daughter of Joyce Kylander and Fred Maienschein, and was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on 23 September 1950. She attended…
Biographyhistoryphilosophy
Embryos in Wax (2002), by Nick Hopwood
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jun 25, 2010
Embryos in Wax: Models from the Ziegler Studio is a history of embryo wax modeling written by science historian Nick Hopwood. Published by the…
LiteraturePublicationsModelsEducationhistory