From Gaia to Selfish Genes
Selected Writings in the Life Sciences
$87.63
- Paperback
286 pages
- Release Date
8 July 1992
Summary
From Gaia to Selfish Genes is a different kind of anthology. Lively excerpts from the popular writings of leading theorists in the life sciences blend in a seamless presentation of the controversies and bold ideas driving contemporary biological research. Selections span scales from the biosphere to the cell and DNA, and disciplines from global ecology to behavior and genetics, and also reveals the links between biology and philosophy. They plunge the reader into debates about heredity and en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262521789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262521784 |
| Author: | Connie Barlow |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 286 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 1992 |
| Weight: | 658g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm x 18mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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“A crash course in modern biological thought… Many of the unmissable modem masters are here: James Lovelock on Gaia, Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan on symbiosis in the cell, Robert Axelrod and William Hamilton on the evolution of cooperation, E.O. Wilson on sociobiology and Richard Dawkins on selfish genes and memes. It is a heady mix one that covers the spectrum from holism to reductionism, without giving houseroom to any but the best writers… This is a book with a number of different messages. Yet those messages are often so powerful - and the writing so persuasive - that somehow you long for them all to be true. Bold and shocking biology has that effect on people.” Stephen Young, New Scientist
About The Author
Connie Barlow
Connie Barlow is a science writer.
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