Evolutionary Change - Toward a Systemic Theory of Development and Maldevelopment

Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1997 Evolutionary Change explores the biological mechanisms of change in their entirety – as they fit into the general dynamics of biological systems – and demonstrates the pitfalls of tackling change from a narrow perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: An Analogy Between Socio-Economic and Biological Mechanisms of Change 1. Economic Mechanisms of Change and Biological Evolution 2. Mechanisms of Change in Socio-Political Systems and Biological Evolution Part II: Evolutionary Mechanisms of Change: Normal Case 3. The Mechanisms of Biological Change – General Characteristics 4. Two Classes of Evolutionary Mechanisms of Change 5. Internal Mechanisms of Change 6. Special Features of the Somatic Mechanism of Change 7. Some Features of the Germatic Mechanism of Change Part III: Evolutionary Mechanisms of Change: Pathology 8. First Steps En Route to a New Concept of Cancer 9. Characteristics of Cancer Conclusion References Index

Product details

• Authors: Aron Katsenelinboigen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367266301
• ISBN: 978-0-367-26630-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Libary Editions: Evolution; Routledge Library Editions: Evolution
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine