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haeckel

/ˈhɛkəl/

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/ˈhɛkəl/C1formalscientific
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к немецкому биологу и философу Эрнсту Геккелю, который пропагандировал дарвинизм, предложил теорию рекапитуляции и был сторонником материалистического монизма (1834–1919).

A proper noun referring to the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel, who promoted Darwinism and proposed the theory of recapitulation, and was a proponent of materialistic monism (1834–1919).

uncountable · proper noun

  1. German biologist and philosopherC2formalscientific

    Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, and artist who promoted Darwinism in Germany and formulated the recapitulation theory, which suggests that an organism's development repeats its evolutionary history. He was also a proponent of materialistic monism.

    ruНемецкий биолог и философ

    • Haeckel's drawings of radiolarians are still admired for their artistic detail.
    • He is best known for his 'biogenetic law' that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
    • Haeckel's monistic philosophy rejected the separation of mind and matter.
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