The Limits of Reductionism in Biology

L. Wolpert (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

1998
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-471-97770-4 (ISBN)

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This is a comprehensive volume examining the fundamental questions raised about levels of explanation of the reductionist programme. It evaluates the techniques of molecular biology, and analyzes precisely how molecular information has improved our understanding of fundamental biological processes.

A comprehensive volume examining the fundamental questions raised by reductionists' theory about levels of explanation necessary to understand biological systems. The book evaluates the enormously powerful techniques of molecular biology, and analyzes precisely how molecular information has improved our understanding of fundamental biological processes.

Reductionism and Antireductionism (T. Nagel). Reductionism in Physical Sciences (R. Williams). Macromolecular Structure and Self-Assembly (R. Henderson). Reduction and Integration in Understanding the Heart (D. Noble). Muscle Contraction (K. Holmes). Reductionism and Explanation in Cell Biology (P. Nurse). Biological Computation (S. Brenner). Reductionism in Learning and Memory (W. Quinn). Hearing (J. Ashmore). The Nested Networks of Brains and Minds (H. Barlow). Genes, Environment and the Development of Behaviour (P. Bateson). What is Wrong with Reductionist Explanations of Behaviour? (S. Rose). Levels of Organization in Ecological Systems (R. May). The Units of Selection (J. Smith). Indexes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.5.1998
Reihe/Serie	Ciba Foundation Symposium ; v. 213
Zusatzinfo	colour and b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Chichester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10	0-471-97770-5 / 0471977705
ISBN-13	978-0-471-97770-4 / 9780471977704
Zustand	Neuware