Making Sense of Life Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines |
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Author:
| Keller, Evelyn Fox |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-01250-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2003 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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A history of the diverse and changing nature of biological explanation in a particularly charged field, Making Sense of Life draws our attention to the temporal, disciplinary, and cultural components of what biologists mean, and what they understand, when they propose to explain life.
A history of the diverse and changing nature of biological explanation in a particularly charged field, Making Sense of Life draws our attention to the temporal, disciplinary, and cultural components of what biologists mean, and what they understand, when they propose to explain life.