Jacques Loeb

Jacques Loeb was a pioneering biologist and physiologist known for his work on neurobiology and experimental biology. He studied how living organisms respond to stimuli and explored the idea that many biological processes could be understood through physics and chemistry. Loeb was a strong advocate of reducing biological phenomena to their physical components, contributing to fields like tropism (how plants and animals grow towards or away from stimuli). His experiments, such as inducing changes in organisms using chemical or physical methods, helped shape modern approaches to understanding developmental biology and behavior.