Transformations of Lamarckism by Snait B. Gissis - ISBN: 9780262527507
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A reappraisal of Lamarckism—its historical impact and contemporary significance.

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A reappraisal of Lamarckism-its historical impact and contemporary significance.In 1809-the year of Charles Darwin’s birth-Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published Philosophie zoologique, the first comprehensive and systematic theory of biological evolution. The Lamarckian approach emphasizes the generation of developmental variations; Darwinism stresses selection. Lamarck’s ideas were eventually eclipsed by Darwinian concepts, especially after the emergence of the Modern Synthesis in the twentieth ce…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262527507
ISBN-10:0262527502
Author:Snait B. Gissis, Eva Jablonka, Anna Zeligowski, Gabriel Motzkin, Pietro Corsi, Richard W. Burkhardt Jr., Sander Gliboff, Charlotte Weissman, Laurent Loison
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:474
Release Date:30 January 2015
Weight:716g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm x 21mm
Series:Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
About The Author

Snait B. Gissis

Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Sander Gliboff is Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University.Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Marion J. Lamb was Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, before her retirement. Jablonka and Lamb are also the authors of Epigenetic Inheritance and EvolutionEva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Stuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College.Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Ayelet Shavit is Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and Environmental Science and Head of the Philosophy Program at Tel-Hai College, Israel.James R. Griesemer is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.James R. Griesemer is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.Ehud Lamm is Senior Lecturer in the Cohn Institute at Tel Aviv University and the head of the Inter-university PhD program in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.Snait B. Gissis is a Researcher in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism (MIT Press).Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Simona Ginsburg is Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences, retired from the Open University of Israel.Alfred I. Tauber is the Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University.

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