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Paul Alfred Weiss (March 21, 1898 – September 8, 1989) was an Austrian biologist who specialised in morphogenesis, development, differentiation and neurobiology.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Biology, Cellular differentiation, Determinism, Developmental biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Hans Leo Przibram, Jimmy Carter, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Mechanism (philosophy), Morphogenesis, Morphogenetic field, National Medal of Science, Neuroscience, New York (state), Newt, Organicism, Physics, Reductionism, Rockefeller University, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Ross Granville Harrison, Systems biology, Technische Hochschule, TU Wien, University of Chicago, Vienna, White Plains, New York, World War I, Yale University.

  2. 20th-century Austrian biologists

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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Biology

Biology is the scientific study of life.

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Cellular differentiation

Cellular differentiation is the process in which a stem cell changes from one type to a differentiated one.

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Determinism

Determinism is the philosophical view that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable.

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Developmental biology

Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop.

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Goethe University Frankfurt

Goethe University Frankfurt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Hans Leo Przibram

Hans Leo Przibram (7 July 1874 – 20 May 1944) was an Austrian biologist who founded the biological laboratory in Vienna. Paul Alfred Weiss and Hans Leo Przibram are 20th-century Austrian biologists.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (19 September 1901 – 12 June 1972) was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST). Paul Alfred Weiss and Ludwig von Bertalanffy are 20th-century Austrian biologists and Austrian emigrants to the United States.

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Mechanism (philosophy)

Mechanism is the belief that natural wholes (principally living things) are similar to complicated machines or artifacts, composed of parts lacking any intrinsic relationship to each other.

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Morphogenesis

Morphogenesis (from the Greek morphê shape and genesis creation, literally "the generation of form") is the biological process that causes a cell, tissue or organism to develop its shape.

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Morphogenetic field

In the developmental biology of the early twentieth century, a morphogenetic field is a research hypothesis and a discrete region of cells in an embryo.

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National Medal of Science

The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Newt

A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae.

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Organicism

Organicism is the philosophical position that states that the universe and its various parts (including human societies) ought to be considered alive and naturally ordered, much like a living organism.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Reductionism

Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena.

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Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York.

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Roger Wolcott Sperry

Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his work with split-brain research. Paul Alfred Weiss and Roger Wolcott Sperry are National Medal of Science laureates.

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Ross Granville Harrison

Ross Granville Harrison (January 13, 1870 – September 30, 1959) was an American biologist and anatomist credited for his pioneering work on animal tissue culture.

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Systems biology

Systems biology is the computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems.

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Technische Hochschule

A Technische Hochschule (plural: Technische Hochschulen, abbreviated TH) is a type of university focusing on engineering sciences in Germany.

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TU Wien

The Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.

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White Plains, New York

White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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See also

20th-century Austrian biologists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alfred_Weiss

Also known as Paul A. Weiss.