Strategy of the Genes

First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts and objectives.
Specifically, these five essays are concerned with some of the major problems of classical biology: the precise character of biological organisation, the processes which generate it, and the specifics of evolution. With regard to these issues, some thinkers suggest that biological organisms are not merely distinguishable from inanimate 'things' in terms of complexity, but are in fact radically different qualitatively: they exemplify some constitutive principle which is not elsewhere manifested.
It is the desire to bring such ideas into conformity with our understanding of analytical biology which unifies these essays. They explore the contours of a conceptual framework sufficiently wide to embrace all aspects of living systems.

Table des matières

Preface  1. Form, End and Time  2. The Cybernetics of Development  3. Selection Of, For and By  4. The Organisation of the Gene Pool  5. The Survival of the Adaptable.  Epilogue.  Appendix: Some Physico-Chemical Aspects of Biological Organisation

A propos de l'auteur

C.H. Waddington

Résumé

First published in 1957, this essential work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts and objectives.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: C H Waddington, C. H. Waddington, C.H. Waddington
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138998131
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99813-1
• Pages: 274
• Thème: Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > 20e siècle (jusqu'en 1945); HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Historiography, History of Science, Physics, Genetics (non-medical), Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General