Paul Griffiths, Karola Stotz

Genetics and Philosophy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book integrates the work of philosophers of science seeking to make sense of genetics with an accessible introduction to the science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781107002128
• ISBN-10: 1107002125
• Artikelnr.: 36957256

Autorenporträt

Paul Griffiths is University Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is the author of What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological Categories (1997) and Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology (with K. Sterelny, 1999). He is the editor of Trees of Life: Essays in Philosophy of Biology (1992), Biology and Philosophy (2000) and Cycles of Contingency: Developmental Systems and Evolution (with S. Oyama and R. D. Gray, 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mendel's gene
2. The physical gene
3. The behavioural gene
4. The reactive genome
5. Outside the gene
6. The informational gene
7. The evolving gene.

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1. Mendel's gene; 2. The physical gene; 3. The behavioural gene; 4. The reactive genome; 5. Outside the gene; 6. The informational gene; 7. The evolving gene.

Rezensionen

'A valuable resource for students and other readers interested in science and philosophy and the history of these fields, along with modern applications of genetic information, including the bioethics of genomic analysis ... Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; informed general audiences.' D. L. Beach, Choice