1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005852740203316

Autore

PASQUINI, Pier Vincenzo

Titolo

La principale allegoria della divina comedia : secondo la ragione poetica e secondo i canoni posti da Dante / studi di Pier Vincenzo Pasquini ; con un'appendice sul tempo del viaggio dantesco e note

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Battezzati, 1875

Descrizione fisica

300 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Biblioteca contemporanea ; 8

Disciplina

851.1

Collocazione

XV.2.A. 1293

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698181403321

Autore

Carlson Richard W

Titolo

Aquatic animal respiration and cough response applied to innovative environmental biomonitoring [[electronic resource] ] : a bibliography

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, , [2000]

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (v, 158 pages) : HTML, digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Marine biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on July 2, 2009).

"EPA-600/R-00/080."

"December 2000."



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972698103321

Autore

Keller Evelyn Fox <1936->

Titolo

Making sense of life : explaining biological development with models, metaphors, and machines / / Evelyn Fox Keller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002

ISBN

9780674039445

0674039440

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 388 p. ) : ill

Classificazione

WB 4000

Disciplina

570.1

Soggetti

Developmental biology

Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-381) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Introduction PART ONE Models: Explaining Development without the Help of Genes 1. Synthetic Biology and the Origin of Living Form 2. Morphology as a Science of Mechanical Forces 3. Untimely Births of a Mathematical Biology PART TWO Metaphors: Genes and Developmental Narratives 4. Genes, Gene Action, and Genetic Programs 5. Taming the Cybernetic Metaphor 6. Positioning Positional Information PART THREE Machines: Understanding Development with Computers, Recombinant DNA, and Molecular Imaging 7. The Visual Culture of Molecular Embryology 8. New Roles for Mathematical and Computational Modeling 9. Synthetic Biology Redux-Computer Simulation and Artificial Life Conclusion: Understanding Development Notes References Index

Sommario/riassunto

What do biologists want? How will we know when we have 'made sense' of life? Explanations in the biological sciences are provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogenous as their subject matter. This text accounts for this diversity.