Neubauer developed a concept known as "eidetic biology" (from the Greek eidos , meaning form). This theory views biological forms not as mere mechanical outcomes, but as "archetypes" or "fields of possibilities". He argued that biology should celebrate the morphological transformations and individual singularity of life forms.
He was awarded the by the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation and the Tom Stoppard Prize for his influential essays.
He graduated from Charles University in Prague with degrees in microbiology, biology, and chemistry (1965) and later in philosophy (1971).
Neubauer was a close friend of the playwright and president Václav Havel . Havel famously requested Neubauer to write a discourse as a companion to his Letters to Olga . Major Works