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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Elements of physical biology.

Publication Details

Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1925 CE.

In this landmark of theoretical population ecology Lotka attempted to provide for parts of biology a basis comparable to that given by theoretical physics to experimental physics. This was the first great exposition and elaboration of Verhulst’s logistic. (No. 145.56). Reprinted, New York, 1956 as Elements of mathematical biology.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#145.63
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2508
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLelements-of-physical-biology

Geographic Context

Publication place: Baltimore, MD

Mentioned in annotation: New York