Ervin Bauer developed the first detailed concept of theoretical biology from the standpoint of biophysics and bioenergetics.
10 Facts About Ervin Bauer
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Ervin Bauer was born on October 19,1890 in a family of teachers.
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Ervin Bauer studied medicine in Budapest, then worked in Hungary, Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia, again in Germany, and finally in the USSR.
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In 1921, Bauer moved to Prague, where, thanks to the patronage of Wilhelm Roux, he worked at the Institute of General Biology at Charles University.
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In 1923, Ervin Bauer moved to Berlin, where he proposed the dependence of tumour growth on the surface tension of embryonic lymph cells and lymph nodes.
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From 1933 Ervin Bauer lived and worked in Leningrad at the All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine, where he was head of the department of general biology.
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In 1935, Ervin Bauer published a monograph Theoretical Biology, in which he described the general thermodynamic features of living systems.
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Ervin Bauer's writings became influential for the development of theoretical biology.
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Ervin Bauer's first wife was a writer Margit Kaffka, and his second wife was a mathematician Stefania Szilard.
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Ervin Bauer's principle is incorporated into the non-linear thermodynamics of irreversible processes.