The Strategy of the Genes: A Discussion of Some Aspects of Theoretical Biology (Routledge Library Editions: 20th Century Science) - Hardcover

Waddington, C.H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138017310 ISBN 13: 9781138017313

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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C.H. Waddington

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138017310
• ISBN 13: 9781138017313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274