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51 produkter
Origin of Life
Av Raymond Aron, C. H. Waddington
Häftad, 2008
926 kr
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Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the relevance of biological topics as evolution …
Sketching Theoretical Biology
Toward a Theoretical Biology, Volume 2
Av Wilhelmina A. Leigh, C. H. Waddington
Häftad, 2010
824 kr
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The purpose of this volume is to bring together a number of elements that would be useful in the construction of a coherent and comprehensive theory of biology. Based on the assumption that living systems represent some kind of "organized complexity," the collection discusses meaningful ways of …
Organization Stability and Process
Volume 3
Häftad, 2010
853 kr
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This is the third, penultimate volume in the Toward a Theoretical Biology series. The contributors agree that there is a major problem in finding methods of dealing with the great complexity of biological systems. Molecular biology has given us considerable insight into the nature of the elementary …
So Human an Animal
How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events
Häftad, 1998
853 kr
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At least until cloning becomes the order of the day, Rene Dubos contends that each human being is unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable. However, today each person faces the critical danger of losing this very humanness to his mechanized surroundings. Most people spend their days in a confusion of …
The Epigenetics of Birds
Häftad, 2014
650 kr
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Originally published in 1952 as part of the Cambridge Biological Studies series, this book presents contemporary theories on embryology using the example of the bird embryo. Waddington reviews the modern experimental embryology of birds, and touches on topics such as plumage development and the …
Biological Processes in Living Systems
Inbunden, 2017
3168 kr
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Biological Processes in Living Systems is the fourth and final volume of the Toward a Theoretical Biology series. It contains essays that deal in detail with particular biological processes: morphogenesis of pattern, the development of neuronal networks, evolutionary processes, and others. The main …
Organization Stability and Process
Volume 3
Inbunden, 2017
2516 kr
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This is the third, penultimate volume in the Toward a Theoretical Biology series. The contributors agree that there is a major problem in finding methods of dealing with the great complexity of biological systems. Molecular biology has given us considerable insight into the nature of the elementary …
Sketching Theoretical Biology
Toward a Theoretical Biology, Volume 2
Av Wilhelmina A. Leigh, C. H. Waddington
Inbunden, 2017
2516 kr
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The purpose of this volume is to bring together a number of elements that would be useful in the construction of a coherent and comprehensive theory of biology. Based on the assumption that living systems represent some kind of "organized complexity," the collection discusses meaningful ways of …
So Human an Animal
How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events
Inbunden, 2017
2749 kr
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At least until cloning becomes the order of the day, Rene Dubos contends that each human being is unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable. However, today each person faces the critical danger of losing this very humanness to his mechanized surroundings. Most people spend their days in a confusion of …
Origin of Life
Av Raymond Aron, C. H. Waddington
Inbunden, 2017
2749 kr
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Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the relevance of biological topics as evolution …
How Animals Develop
Inbunden, 2015
2200 kr
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First published in 1935 (this edition in 1946), this short account of the science of embryology was the first book in English to provide a simple outline of the whole of this important subject. The study of development is perhaps the best method of approach to the most fundamental of all biological …
How Animals Develop
Häftad, 2022
623 kr
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First published in 1935 (this edition in 1946), this short account of the science of embryology was the first book in English to provide a simple outline of the whole of this important subject. The study of development is perhaps the best method of approach to the most fundamental of all biological …
Ethical Animal
Inbunden, 2016
2516 kr
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First published in 1960, this book discusses the ethical implications of the view of man’s nature and his place in the biological world. C. H. Waddington highlights issues of the time, such as social upheavals related to social mobility, and the changing nature of philosophical thinking in relation …
Ethical Animal
Häftad, 2021
605 kr
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First published in 1960, this book discusses the ethical implications of the view of man’s nature and his place in the biological world. C. H. Waddington highlights issues of the time, such as social upheavals related to social mobility, and the changing nature of philosophical thinking in relation …
Science and Ethics
An Essay
Inbunden, 2016
2136 kr
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First published in 1942 (second impression 1944), this book forms a debate about the endeavour to find an intellectual basis for ethics in science.
Science and Ethics
An Essay
Häftad, 2021
605 kr
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First published in 1942 (second impression 1944), this book forms a debate about the endeavour to find an intellectual basis for ethics in science.
Introduction to Modern Genetics
Inbunden, 2015
3070 kr
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First published in 1939 (second impression in 1950), this book provides an account of the changes in, and main principles of, genetics at that time. These are illustrated by references to the most authoritative and then recent investigations. Special attention is paid to the way in which genetics …
Introduction to Modern Genetics
Häftad, 2022
605 kr
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First published in 1939 (second impression in 1950), this book provides an account of the changes in, and main principles of, genetics at that time. These are illustrated by references to the most authoritative and then recent investigations. Special attention is paid to the way in which genetics …
Principles of Embryology
Inbunden, 2016
4363 kr
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First published in 1956, this book was considered the first comprehensive and unitary work on the subject since 1934. It provides an analysis of the relations between genetics and epigenetics, between genes and their effects. The book will be of interest to ebryologists, but also to more general …
Principles of Embryology
Häftad, 2021
878 kr
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First published in 1956, this book was considered the first comprehensive and unitary work on the subject since 1934. It provides an analysis of the relations between genetics and epigenetics, between genes and their effects. The book will be of interest to ebryologists, but also to more general …
Nature of Life
Inbunden, 2016
2200 kr
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First published in 1961, this book explains the main trends and problems in modern biological thought, at that time. It was based on lectures presented at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1960 to members from different faculties and is therefore an accessible guide for all to …
Nature of Life
Häftad, 2021
623 kr
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First published in 1961, this book explains the main trends and problems in modern biological thought, at that time. It was based on lectures presented at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1960 to members from different faculties and is therefore an accessible guide for all to …
Scientific Attitude
Inbunden, 2016
2136 kr
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First published in 1941 (this edition in 1968), this book explores the relationship between science, culture, and society- focusing on human beings, and human communities. Here, C. H. Waddington uses the concept of science to mean more than factual information about genes and haemoglobin and his …
Scientific Attitude
Häftad, 2021
605 kr
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This book explores the relationship between science, culture, and society. It discusses biological assumptions made by various communities on human beings and compares them with the scientific attitude. The book acts as a historical document, conveying some of the feeling of living through WWII.
Selected Works of C. H. Waddington (7 vols)
2016
20995 kr
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The Selected Works of C. H. Waddington reissues seven titles from Waddington's impressive oeuvre. The titles in question cover a range of topics, from genetics and embryology to ethics in science and contemporary biological thought.
Selected Works of C. H. Waddington (7 vols)
E-bok, 2021
13035 kr
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The Selected Works of C. H. Waddington reissues seven titles from Waddington''s impressive oeuvre. The titles in question cover a range of topics, from genetics and embryology to ethics in science and contemporary biological thought.
Scientific Attitude
E-bok, 2017
710 kr
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First published in 1941 (this edition in 1968), this book explores the relationship between science, culture, and society- focusing on human beings, and human communities. Here, C. H. Waddington uses the concept of science to mean more than factual information about genes and haemoglobin and his …
Scientific Attitude
E-bok, 2017
695 kr
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First published in 1941 (this edition in 1968), this book explores the relationship between science, culture, and society- focusing on human beings, and human communities. Here, C. H. Waddington uses the concept of science to mean more than factual information about genes and haemoglobin and his …
Nature of Life
E-bok, 2017
710 kr
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First published in 1961, this book explains the main trends and problems in modern biological thought, at that time. It was based on lectures presented at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, in 1960 to members from different faculties and is therefore an accessible guide for all to …
