Introduction to Biosemiotics

Marcello Barbieri

ISBN 10: 1402048130 / ISBN 13: 9781402048135

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Nov 2006, 2006

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Neuware -Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis ¿ the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines ¿ from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology ¿ the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 544 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Biosemiotics
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands Nov 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402048130
• ISBN 13: 9781402048135
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 35D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1208 grams

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Synopsis

Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis – the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.

Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines – from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology – the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.

About the Author

MARCELLO BARBIERI is University professor of Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He has conducted research on embryonic development and ribosome crystallization at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK, the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA, and the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik in Berlin.

He has published books on embryology and evolution, and has taught biophysics, molecular embryology and theoretical biology respectively at the Universities of Bologna, Sassari and Turin. His research interests include embryology, evolution and biosemiotics.

He is president of the Italian Association for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biosemiotics. His major books include The Semantic Theory of Evolution (1985), Harwood Academic Publishers, New York, and The Organic Codes. An Introduction to Semantic Biology (2003), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.

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