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Genre/Form: | Educational tools (form) |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter H Raven; George B Johnson |
ISBN: | 0073031208 9780073031200 0071122613 9780071122610 9401798214 9789401798211 0697225704 9780697225702 |
OCLC Number: | 45806501 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm |
Contents: | The origin of living things -- Biology of the cell -- Energetics -- Reproduction and heredity -- Molecular genetics -- Evolution -- Ecology and behavior -- The global environment -- Viruses and simple organisms -- Plant form and function -- Plant growth and reproduction -- Animal diversity -- Animal form and function -- Regulating the animal body. |
Responsibility: | Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson. |
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"Explanation in biology is a venture into the diversity of explanatory patterns in biology, which also explores the scope and limitations of mechanistic explanations. ... Explanation in biology takes many important steps in this direction, and I expect this volume to set the stage for many future discussions of what it means to explain and understand biological systems in the 21st century." (Sara Green, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, March, 2016)"Explanation in Biology ... is a welcome contribution to the growing literature on the diversity of explanatory practices in biology. ... The intended audience is primarily professional philosophers, or biologists with a philosophical bent. ... I would recommend this volume for any relatively scientific literate readers interested simply in gaining familiarity with some of the best recent work in systems biology, graph theory and network theory, cell and molecular biology, neuroscience, stem cell biology, genetics, and genomics." (Anya Plutynski, Science and Education, Vol. 25, 2016) Read more...

