Thinking about Biology

ISBN-13: 9780521599542 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 248 str.

Stephen Webster

Opis

Intended for biology students, this philosophical commentary on biology makes science students' studies more interesting by offering an easy way of studying the philosophy of science, as well as engaging in debates about the social and political implications of biology. It is a unique biology textbook because it adopts an explicitly philosophical approach.

Recenzje

"Webster provides a thought-provoking view of the traditional ideas about biologic science and then goes a step further in discussing the ethical and political consequences of biology.... this lively and controversial collection of readings will make the theories of biology much more alive." Choice

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Facts?; 2. Reductionism; 3. Evolution; 4. Biology and animals; 5. Controversies in Biology; 6. Making sense of genes; 7. Biology and politics; 8. Research ethics; Index.