| Thinking About Biology Contributor(s): Stein, Wilfred (Author), Varela, Francisco J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0201624540 ISBN-13: 9780201624540 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1993 Annotation: About the Book: No science has ever been done without an indissoluble link between theory and fact: facts are colored by the theoretical spectacles one puts on, just as much as theory is shaped by the results of empirical observation. Theoretical biology is a broad and rapidly growing field where this link is actually explored with passion and discipline. The chapters of this book have been chosen to give the student of theoretical biology the flavor of current exciting research in the field. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 574.01 |
| LCCN: 92-42853 |
| Series: Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.39" W x 9.06" (1.16 lbs) 356 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book discusses the emergence of life, the development of the individual, and the study of the interaction between individuals and species. It gives the student of theoretical biology some idea of the flavor of current research in the field. |