The Tinkerer's Accomplice : : How Design Emerges from Life Itself / / J. Scott Turner.

Physiologist Scott Turner argues eloquently that the apparent design we see in the living world only makes sense when we add to Darwin's towering achievement the dimension that much modern molecular biology has left on the gene-splicing floor: the dynamic interaction between living organisms an...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Prologue --   |t 1. Cleanthes' Dilemma --   |t 2. Bernard Machines --   |t 3. The Joy of Socks --   |t 4. Blood River --   |t 5. Knowledgeable Bones --   |t 6. Embryonic Origami --   |t 7. A Gut Feeling --   |t 8. An Intentional Aside --   |t 9. Points of Light --   |t 10. Pygmalion's Gift --   |t 11. Biology's Bright Lines --   |t Notes --   |t References --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Index 
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