The Tinkerer's Accomplice : : How Design Emerges from Life Itself /

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

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Turner, J. Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2010
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1. Cleanthes' Dilemma
  • 2. Bernard Machines
  • 3. The Joy of Socks
  • 4. Blood River
  • 5. Knowledgeable Bones
  • 6. Embryonic Origami
  • 7. A Gut Feeling
  • 8. An Intentional Aside
  • 9. Points of Light
  • 10. Pygmalion's Gift
  • 11. Biology's Bright Lines
  • Notes
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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