Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution - Taking Development Seriously

Zusammenfassung This book explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution! an area of resurgent biological interest. Clearly written! it should be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Preface; 1. The problem of development; 2. Exemplars; 3. Scylla and Charybdis; 4. Constitutive epigenetics; 5. Creative development; 6. A new synthesis?; 7. The devil is in the Gestalt; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jason Scott Robert, Robert Jason Scott
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521030861
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03086-1
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 230 mm x 12 mm
• Serien: Print On Demand; Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Print on demand; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Sonstiges; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Philosophy of Science, Genetics (non-medical), Evolution / Evolutionary biology