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Kupiec Jean-Jacques |
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Titolo |
The origin of individuals / / Jean-Jacques Kupiec |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Jersey, : World Scientific, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-44128-0 |
9786612441288 |
981-283-368-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Developmental genetics |
Biodiversity |
Molecular evolution |
Individual differences |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bilbiographical references (p. 225-242) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Five Arguments for a New Theory of Biological Individuation; Chapter 2: What is a Probabilistic Process? Summary of the chapter; Chapter 3: The Determinism of Molecular Biology Summary of the chapter; Chapter 4: The Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 5: Self-Organisation Does Not Resolve the Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 6: Hetero-organisation Summary of the chapter; Chapter 7: Biology's Blind Spot Summary of the chapter |
Conclusion: A Research Programme and Ethical Principle based on OntophylogenesisGlossary; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was replaced by a computer. Nowadays, the organism is viewed as a robot obeying signals emanating from a computer program controlled by genetic information. This book shows that such a |
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