The Logic of Life : A History of Heredity /

"The most remarkable history of biology that has ever been written."-Michel FoucaultNobel Prize-winning scientist François Jacob's The Logic of Life is a landmark book in the history of biology and science. Focusing on heredity, which Jacob considers the fundamental feature of living...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jacob, François (Autor)
Otros Autores: Cobb, Matthew (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:Princeton Science Library ; 62
Temas:
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology.
Abstraction.
Accuracy and precision.
Analogy.
Analysis.
Anecdote.
Appetite.
Automation.
Biodiversity.
Biology.
Calculation.
Chance and Necessity.
Classical mechanics.
Claude Bernard.
Conformity.
Contingency (philosophy).
Convenience.
Cooperation.
Culture.
Determination.
Ecology.
Effectiveness.
Emergence.
Equilibrium constant.
Ethology.
Everyday life.
Evolution.
Experiment.
Explanation.
Fecundity.
Fertility.
Fine chemical.
Form of life (philosophy).
Functional group.
Gratuity.
Habitat.
Heredity.
Hypothesis.
In situ.
Inference.
Ingenuity.
Jacques Monod.
La Vie.
Life.
Logic.
Logical connective.
Loin.
Materialism.
Metaphysics.
Modes of reproduction.
Molecule.
Morality.
Natural environment.
Natural selection.
Nomenclature.
Nutrient.
On Certainty.
Organism.
Originality.
Oviparity.
Philosopher.
Philosophy.
Physiology.
Probability.
Protein.
Proximate cause.
Quantity.
Rapidity.
Reason.
Reproduction.
Requirement.
Scientific method.
Scientist.
Sense.
Simple cell.
Simplicity.
Society.
Somatic cell.
Spatial organization.
Surface area.
Survival of the fittest.
Symbiosis.
Symbol.
System of systems.
Terminology.
The Logic of Life.
The Order of Things.
The Philosopher.
The Science of Life.
The Various.
Theory.
Thomas Kuhn.
Thought.
Understanding.
Unified Science.
Value judgment.
Vitalism.
Vivant.
Well-being.
Writing.
YIMBY.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I The Visible Structure
  • 2 Organization
  • 3 Time
  • 4 The Gene
  • 5 The Molecule
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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