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Genre/Form: | Congress Aufsatzsammlung Conference proceedings Conference papers and proceedings Actes de congrès Congresses Congrès |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Limits of reductionism in biology. Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 1998 (OCoLC)605559534 Online version: Limits of reductionism in biology. Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, 1998 (OCoLC)606134603 |
Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gregory Bock; Jamie Goode; Novartis Foundation. |
ISBN: | 0471977705 9780471977704 |
OCLC Number: | 38311600 |
Notes: | Papers from the Symposium on the Limits of Reductionism in Biology, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, May 13-15, 1997. "Editors, Gregory R. Bock (organizer) and Jamie A. Goode"--Page v. |
Description: | ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction / L. Wolpert -- Reductionism and antireductionism / T. Nagel -- Reductionism in physical sciences / R.J.P. Williams -- Macromolecular structure and self-assembly / R. Henderson -- Reduction and integration in understanding the heart / D. Noble -- General discussion: Is all science reductionist? -- Muscle contraction / K.C. Holmes -- Reductionism and explanation in cell biology / P. Nurse -- Biological computation / S. Brenner -- Reductionism in learning and memory / W.G. Quinn -- Hearing / J.F. Ashmore -- The nested networks of brains and minds / H.B. Barlow -- Genes, environment and the development of behaviour / P. Bateson -- What is wrong with reductionist explanations of behaviour? / S. Rose -- Levels of organization in ecological systems / R. May -- The units of selection / J. Maynard Smith -- Final discussion: What are the limits of reductionism? |
Series Title: | Novartis Foundation symposium, 213. |
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