Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich 1752-1840 creator text utu 2020 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Über den Bildungstrieb" by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach is a scientific treatise published in 1781. The work introduces Blumenbach's concept of the *Bildungstrieb* (formative drive), a proposed life force governing generation, nutrition, and reproduction in living organisms. This three-stage biological theory of self-organization explores the driving force behind the biological cycle of procreation, nourishment, and reproduction. Blumenbach first coined the term in 1780 before developing his ideas more comprehensively in this influential publication. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildungstrieb Release date is 2020-05-02 Produced by Peter Becker, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen (http://idb.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/digitue/tue/). Original publication data not identified Reproduction QH Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61997 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61997 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134429.0 61997