Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity

ISBN-13: 9781107176249 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 302 str.

Noble, Denis

Opis

This book formulates a relativistic theory of biology, challenging the common gene-centred view of organisms.

Recenzje

'The narrative is remarkable … Dance to the Tune of Life is a marvellous text reflecting on the complexity of biology.' Anna Holderbaum, The Biologist

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The universe and the principle of relativity; 2. Biological scales and levels; 3. Biological networks; 4. Nature and origin of cells; 5. Blind chance and natural selection; 6. Biological relativity; 7. Dancing nucleotides: natural genetic engineering; 8. Epigenetics and a relativistic theory of evolution; 9. The relativity of epistemology: the meaning of it all; 10. Postscript; Glossary; Index.