How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity: 24 (Princeton Science Library) - Tapa blanda

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Goodwin, Brian

 
9780691088099: How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity: 24 (Princeton Science Library)
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ISBN 10: 0691088098 ISBN 13: 9780691088099
Editorial: Princeton University Press, 2001

Sinopsis

Do genes explain life? Can advances in evolutionary and molecular biology account for what we look like, how we behave, and why we die? In this powerful intervention into current biological thinking, Brian Goodwin argues that such genetic reductionism has important limits. Drawing on the sciences of complexity, the author shows how an understanding of the self-organizing patterns of networks is necessary for making sense of nature. Genes are important, but only as part of a process constrained by environment, physical laws, and the universal tendencies of complex adaptive systems. In a new preface for this edition, Goodwin reflects on the advances in both genetics and the sciences of complexity since the book's original publication.

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Acerca del autor

Brian Goodwin is Professor of Biology and Coordinator of Holistic Science at Schumacher College, Devon, UK. He is the editor of Theoretical Biology: Epigenetic and Evolutionary Order from Complex Systems and the coauthor of Form and Transformation and Signs of Life.

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"This is a brilliant book, wonderfully written. . . . Goodwin is a real scholar, of great breadth and insight. He writes beautifully, conveying difficult themes in an exciting manner."--Simon Levin, Princeton University

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Editorial
Princeton University Press
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0691088098
ISBN 13 
9780691088099
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
280
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9780025447103: How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity

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ISBN 10:  0025447106 ISBN 13:  9780025447103
Editorial: Prentice Hall & IBD, 1994
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