The Strategy of the Genes
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The Strategy of the Genes

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The Strategy of the Genes

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First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts and objectives.

Specifically, these five essays are concerned with some of the major problems of classical biology: the precise character of biological organisation, the processes which generate it, and the specifics of evolution. With regard to these issues, some thinkers suggest that biological organisms are not merely distinguishable from inanimate 'things' in terms of complexity, but are in fact radically different qualitatively: they exemplify some constitutive principle which is not elsewhere manifested.

It is the desire to bring such ideas into conformity with our understanding of analytical biology which unifies these essays. They explore the contours of a conceptual framework sufficiently wide to embrace all aspects of living systems.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
9781317657545
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Preface
  8. Table of Contents
  9. 1. Form, End and Time
  10. 2. The Cybernetics of Development
  11. 3. Selection of, for and By
  12. 4. The Organisation of the Gene Pool
  13. 5. The Survival of the Adaptable
  14. Epilogue
  15. Appendix Some Physico-Chemical Aspects of Biological Organisation
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index