WEISMANN, AUGUST

ouˈgoost vīsˈmän, 1834–1914, German biologist. He taught zoology at the Univ. of Freiburg from 1866 to 1912. He is known as the originator of the germ-plasm theory of heredity. His doctrine, formerly called Weismannism, stresses the unbroken continuity of the germ plasm and the nonheritability of acquired characteristics. His works include The Germ-Plasm (1892, tr. 1893) and a series of essays translated into English as Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems (2d ed., 2 vol., 1891–92).

See G. J. Romanes, An Examination of Weismannism (1903).

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From Comte to Benjamin Kidd: The Appeal to Biology or Evolution for Human Guidance
Book by Robert Mackintosh; Macmillan, 1899
Subjects: Biology, Comte, Auguste--1798-1857, Evolution, Kidd, Benjamin--1858-1916, Weismann, August--1834-1914
...obstinacy designed to show that, if Weismann was certainly half in the wrong, yet...offspring? In Romanes language, does Weismann now accept representative congenital...natural selection. So far as I am aware Weismann has not spoken on this point. Reluctantly...
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Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue
Book by Stephen Kresge, Leif Wenar; Routledge, 1994
Subjects: Economists--Austria--Biography, Economists--Austria--Interviews, Economists--Great Britain--Biography, Economists--Great Britain--Interviews, Hayek, Friedrich A. Von--(Friedrich August)--1899---Interviews
...London: Harper and Bros., 1942. Spann, Othmar. Fundament der Volkswirtschaftslehre . Jena: G. Fischer, 1918. Weismann, August. Vortrage uber Deszendenztheorie . Jena: G. Fischer, 1902. Woolf, Virginia. Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown...
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Popular Contemporary Writers - Vol. 10
Book by Michael D. Sharp; Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2006
Subjects: American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Authors, English--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, English Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Popular Literature--English-Speaking Countries--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Smith, Zadie, Sobel, Dava, Soto, Gary, Turow, Scott, Updike, John, Vreeland, Susan, Watson, Larry--1947-, Wilson, August, Wolff, Tobias--1945-
...failing marriage, a difficult pregnancy, and single parenthood, is the presiding judge. Her lover from years past, Seth Weismann, is a columnist reporting on the trial. The murdered woman was the ex-wife of a charismatic revolutionary, now a state...
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Classics of Biology
Book by August Pi Suñer, Charles M. Stern; Philosophical Library, 1955
Subjects: Biology
AUGUST WEISMANN 1834-1914 Vortrage uber Descendenztheorie -- Die Keimplasmatheorie Lectures on the Theory of Descent -- The Germ Plasm Theory...
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Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology
Book by Joan C. Stevenson; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Physical Anthropology--Dictionaries
Weismann August. 1891- 1892. Essays Upon Heredity...Oxford: Oxford University Press. Weismann August. 1893a. The Germ Plasm: A Theory...early supporter of natural selection. Weismann August. 1893b. "The All-Sufficiency of...
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Democratic Fundamentalism? the Practice and Discourse of the Muslim Brothers Movement in Syria
Journal article by Itzchak Weismann; The Muslim World, Vol. 100, 2010
Subjects: Associations, Democracy, Generations, Political activism, Political leadership, Politics, Religion, Society
...Brothers Movement in Syria by Itzchak Weismann Islamic collective action is a modern...convened by the Syrian Muslim Brothers in August 2002 in London declared that the purpose...gave to al-Jazeera satellite channel in August 2005 he explained that the Brothers aspire...
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Lamarckism and the Construction of Transcendence in the House of Mirth
Journal article by Sharon Kim; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 38, 2006
Subjects: Lamarckism--Analysis, Mendel, Gregor--Works, The House of Mirth (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Transcendence (Philosophy)--Analysis, Transcendence--Analysis, Wharton, Edith--Works
...century. (8) In the 1880s, when August Weismann chopped off generations of mice...Houghton and Mifflin Co., 1973. Weismann, August. The Evolution Theory. Trans...associated him with discontinuity, Weismann stresses the "continuity...
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Generalizing Darwinism to Social Evolution: Some Early Attempts
Journal article by Geoffrey M. Hodgson; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 39, 2005
Subjects: Evolution (Biology)--Case studies, Evolution--Case studies, Social evolution--Analysis
...had accepted the arguments of August Weismann (1893) that acquired characters...insistence-in line with the work of Weismann--that human biotic and mental...London: Fabian Society, 1889. Weismann, August. The Germ-Plasm: A Theory...
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Perils of Degeneration: Reform, the Savage Immigrant, and the Survival of the Unfit
Journal article by Daniel E. Bender; Journal of Social History, Vol. 42, 2008
Subjects: Eugenics--History, Evolution (Biology)--Social aspects, Evolution--Social aspects, Rural urban migration--Social aspects, Rural-urban migration--Social aspects
...came from the German biologist, August Weismann. Weismann, in a series of revolutionary...Series, 3, Box 5, 8. (52.) August Weismann, Essays in Heredity, 2 vols.(Oxford, 1891); August Weismann, The Evolution Theory (London...
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`Persons of Lax Morality': Temperance, Eugenics and Education in Australia, 1900-30
Journal article by Grant Rodwell; Journal of Australian Studies, 2000
Subjects: Australia--History, Conduct of life--Social aspects, Eugenics--Social aspects, Temperance--Social aspects
...schools. In 1883 the German, August Weismann, developed the idea of the...306. (12) F Churchill, `August Weismann: a Break From the Past, Journal...1985, pp 250-1. (13) August Weismann, The Germ-plasm. a Theory...
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Social Darwinism Revisited
Magazine article by Leslie Jones; History Today, Vol. 48, August 1998
Subjects: Eugenics--History, Social Darwinism--History
...inheritance, for this alleged mechanism of evolution was incompatible with what biologist August Weismann in the 1880s called the `continuity of the germplasm. Weismann also held that when an organ or faculty is of no survival value to a species, not...
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Whence Comes Death? How Natural Selection Has Fashioned Aging and Death; Why "Natural" Isn't the Last Word in Healthy Foods and Lifestyles; and Some Observations on Objective Science Pursued by Subjective Humans
Magazine article by Joshua Mitteldorf; The Humanist, Vol. 62, January 2002
Subjects: Aging--Physiological aspects, Death--Analysis, Life (Biology)--Physiological aspects
...sciences of thermodynamics and evolution were yet new, August Weismann realized that there was no physical necessity for the body to degrade over time. Weismann was the first to speculate that the evolutionary reason...
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Biology of the Soul
Magazine article by Richard J. Goss; The Humanist, Vol. 54, November 1994
Subjects: Dualism (Philosophy)--Analysis, Dualism--Analysis, Regeneration (Biology)--Religious aspects, Soul, Soul--History of doctrines
...although a pin prick may suffice in lower forms). But fertilization is not how life began. Ever since 1893, when August Weismann formulated his theory of the continuity of all life through the germ plasm, it has been universally recognized that...
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A Tale of Two Reputations
Magazine article by Jared Diamond; Natural History, Vol. 110, February 2001
Subjects: Darwin, Charles (1809-82), Evolution, Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939), Personal profiles, Psychology, Scientists
...assumption that the environment could cause adaptive changes in the hereditary material, but his younger contemporary August Weismann showed that this could not be so. Darwin accepted the postulate of "blending inheritance" (the fusion of a mothers...
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Last Secrets of the Bush Administration: How to Find out What We Still Don't Know
Magazine article by Charles Homans; Washington Monthly, Vol. 40, November 2008
Subjects: Conservatism--Political aspects, Gonzales, Alberto--Political activity, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
...now wanted until the end of August. Carlin agreed again. The...Department attorney named Anne Weismann stood in front of Judge Emmet...Washingtons district court. Weismann was defending Dick Cheneys...seriousness of this case," he told Weismann. Weismann had been a Justice...
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At Last, the Scientists Can Tell Us Why We Make Love; Proof That the Mating Game Helps a Species to Survive
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 31, 2005
...clones, there is no chance of producing a better version of the species. It was a 19th century scientist called August Weismann who first came up with the theory that sexual reproduction may help natural selection by producing offspring better...
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Honor Rolls Woodland Middle School
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 8, 2010
...Keenan Walsh, Kevin Ward, Kelsey Weismann, Jenna Wells, Paige Wells, Lucas...Motiwalla, Erica Muhr, Riley Mulford, August Nagro, Tanner Nash, Jacqueline...Wasinger, Thomas Wattelet, Luke Weismann, Imelda Wence, Joshua Westbrook...
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Honor Roll
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 6, 2008
...year: SUPERIOR HONORS Seniors: Rachel August, Brian Beske, Ryan Boehmer, Molly Brennan...HONORS Seniors: Amanda Achille, Ashley August, Amie Bauer, Matthew Berg, Nicole Bersani...Eden Warnke, Kathleen Weeks, Emily Weismann, Erika Wenson, Kate Wilson, John Matthew...
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Honor Rolls
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 26, 2008
...year: SUPERIOR HONORS Seniors: Rachel August, Brian Beske, Ryan Boehmer, Molly Brennan...HONORS Seniors: Amanda Achille, Ashley August, Amie Bauer, Matthew Berg, Nicole Bersani...Eden Warnke, Kathleen Weeks, Emily Weismann, Erika Wenson, Kate Wilson, John Matthew...
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Honor Roll
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 23, 2008
...Stearns, Joseph Urbanik, Megan Wales, Alexander Wicks, August Winter and Rachel Zeitlin. Juniors: Kyle Bessa, Alexia Bounadere...Margaret Watson, Eric Wawrzyniak, Kathleen Weeks, Emily Weismann, William Werner, Kate Wilson, John Matthew Zern, Alyssa...
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encyclopedia articles on: Weismann August  - 1 result

 
 
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Weismann, August
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEISMANN, AUGUST ou goost vis man, 1834 1914, German biologist. He taught zoology at the Univ. of Freiburg from 1866 to 1912. He is known as...


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