02959nam 22007094a 450 991077816890332120230721022334.00-674-26786-90-674-04448-710.4159/9780674044487(CKB)1000000000786914(OCoLC)433612039(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318396(SSID)ssj0000259602(PQKBManifestationID)11193386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259602(PQKBWorkID)10191107(PQKB)11284662(MiAaPQ)EBC3300404(DE-B1597)457786(OCoLC)1013938262(OCoLC)1029835243(OCoLC)1032695916(OCoLC)1037981494(OCoLC)1041981724(OCoLC)1046610576(OCoLC)1047000230(OCoLC)979880381(DE-B1597)9780674044487(Au-PeEL)EBL3300404(CaPaEBR)ebr10318396(OCoLC)923111143(MiAaPQ)EBC7186167(Au-PeEL)EBL7186167(EXLCZ)99100000000078691420060523d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe tinkerer's accomplice[electronic resource] how design emerges from life itself /J. Scott TurnerCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (293 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02353-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-268) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Cleanthes' Dilemma -- 2. Bernard Machines -- 3. The Joy of Socks -- 4. Blood River -- 5. Knowledgeable Bones -- 6. Embryonic Origami -- 7. A Gut Feeling -- 8. An Intentional Aside -- 9. Points of Light -- 10. Pygmalion's Gift -- 11. Biology's Bright Lines -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- IndexPhysiologist Scott Turner argues eloquently that the apparent design we see in the living world only makes sense when we add to Darwin's towering achievement the dimension that much modern molecular biology has left on the gene-splicing floor: the dynamic interaction between living organisms and their environment. Only when we add environmental physiology to natural selection can we begin to understand the beautiful fit between the form life takes and the way life works.Natural selectionAdaptation (Physiology)Natural selection.Adaptation (Physiology)576.8/2Turner J. Scott1951-1494664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778168903321The tinkerer's accomplice3718333UNINA