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Herbert Spencer Jennings
(8 Apr 1868 - 14 Apr 1947)

American zoologist.


Science Quotes by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1)

A cell of a higher organism contains a thousand different substances, arranged in a complex system. This great organized system was not discovered by chemical or physical methods; they are inadequate to its refinement and delicacy and complexity.
— Herbert Spencer Jennings
'The Cell in Relation to its Environment', Journal of the Maryland Academy of Sciences (1931), 2, 25.
See also:  |  Biochemistry (30)  |  Cell (42)


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