- Johannes Reinke
Johannes Reinke (
February 3 ,1849 -February 25 ,1931 ) was a Germanbotanist andphilosopher who was a native ofZiethen, Schleswig-Holstein . He initially studiedtheology atRostock , but his interest later changed tobotany . In 1879 he became a professor of botany at theUniversity of Gottingen , where he established the institute ofplant physiology . From 1885 until 1921 Reinke was a professor at theUniversity of Kiel .Reinke is remembered for his studies of benthic marine
algae , particularlybrown algae , and he described several new genera of algae in the North and Baltic seas. He postulated that the encrusting algae genus called "Aglaozonia" was a stage in the life history of "Cutleria". Reinke also made contributions concerning thecytology ,physiology andanatomy ofkelp andsargassum .Reinke was a proponent of scientific "neo-
vitalism ", and a critic of the Darwinian theory of evolution. In 1901 he introduced the term "theoretical biology " to definebiology from a standpoint of concepts and theories, and to differentiate it from traditional "empirical biology". Reinke attempted to explain the evolutionary processes of life through a concept ofmorphogenesis and genetic regulation he referred to as the "Dominanten" theory. Among his written works was a book that discussed the relationship ofphilosophy andreligion to science.Selected publications
* "Lehrbuch der allgemeinen Botanik" (Textbook of General Botany), 1880
* "Atlas deutscher Meeresalgen" (Atlas of German Marine Algae), 1889 and 1891
* "Einleitung in der theoretischen Biology" (Introduction to Theoretical Biology), 1901, 2nd ed. 1910
* "Philosophie der Botanik" (Philosophy of Botany), 1905
* "Kritik der Abstammungslehre" (Critique concerning the Theory of Evolution), 1920
* "Naturwissenschaft, Weltanschauung, Religion", (1923).
* "Das dynamische Weltbild" (The Dynamic World View), 1926References
* [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:GbRRdMGJNqgJ:www.psaalgae.org/res/newslet/oldnews/PSAwin04.pdf+%22Johannes+Reinke%22+1849&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Phycological Trailblazer, Johannes Reinke]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=17046367&cmd=showdetailview&indexed=google Johannes Reinke (1839-1931) and his "Dominanten" theory]
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