THE LAW OF VON BAER

Autobiography of Dr Karl Ernst von Baer

their holdings of multiple copies. A handful of later lists are included, the most substantial from the seventeenth century being that of John Nidd, dated 1659, with a high proportion of medical books. Where the books were bequeathed to College libraries, as Nidd's were to Trinity and Andrew Perne's to Peterhouse, those still to be found on the College shelves have been identified. The owners f...

[Karl Ernst von Baer 1792-1876].

Best known for his contributions to the field of embryology [6], Karl Ernst von Baer [5] also pursued a variety of other areas of study including medicine, botany, zoology, and anthropology. Committing his life to scientific research, von Baer?s work led to the advancement of the understanding of mammalian reproduction, development, and organ functioning. His embryological discoveries ultimatel...

Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876) and evolution.

The research program of Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876) intended to enhance the comparative approach of animal classification by demonstrating vertebrate affinities (homology). Baer visualized his ideas on development and evolution with an unpublished figure of a branching tree. To buttress his reflections on how species-specific embryogenesis produces a branching tree, he worked out a cladogra...

on direct sums of baer modules

the notion of baer modules was defined recently

Extensions of Baer and quasi-Baer modules