Towards a Theory of Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199671427 ISBN 13: 9780199671427

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2014

Synopsis

Explores the foundations of ontogeny by asking how the development of living things should be understood.

About this title

About the Author

Alessandro Minelli was Professor of Zoology at the University of Padova, Italy, until his retirement in 2011. Following long years of research in biological systematics and phylogenetics, he later moved the focus of his activity towards evolutionary developmental biology. Founding member and former vice-president of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology, Minelli is member of the editorial board of Evolution & Development, Theory in Biosciences and Frontiers in Zoology.

Thomas Pradeu is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at Paris-Sorbonne University. Trained in both philosophy and biology, he is particularly interested in conceptual and theoretical issues of immunology and developmental biology. His research has been published in scientific and philosophical journals, including Biological Theory, Biology and Philosophy, The Lancet, Nature Reviews Immunology, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199671427
• ISBN 13: 9780199671427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: Minelli Alessandro, Pradeu Thomas