From Gaia to selfish genes : selected writings in the life sciences
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From Gaia to selfish genes : selected writings in the life sciences
MIT Press, c1991
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内容説明
In a well-blended presentation, writings from more than 30 scientists and science writers span scales from the biosphere to the cell to DNA, encompass disciplines from global ecology to behavior and genetics, and explore links between biology and philosophy.Connie Barlow is a science writer.
目次
- Part 1 Is Earth itself alive?: mother Earth - myth or science?, James Lovelock et al
- the search for Gaia, Richard Monastersky et al
- philosophical musings, Lewis Thomas et al. Part 2 Merged beings: Lynn Margulis - vindicated heretic, Jeanne McDermott
- microcosmos, Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan
- blurred bounds of individuality, Julian Huxley and Leo W. Buss. Part 3 A systems view of life: holons and hierarchy theory, Arthur Koestler
- birth of general systems theory, Gerald Weinberg and Ludwig von Bertalanffy. Part 4 Game theory and the evolution of co-operation: the prisoner's dilemma, Robert Axelrod and Douglas Hofstadter
- game theory and biology, Robert Axelrod and William D. Hamilton. Part 5 Nature, nurture and sociobiology: from ants to anthropology - E.O. Wilson, Robert Wright
- introducing a new science, Edward O. Wilson and Richard D. Alexander
- not in our genes, Richard C. Lewontin et al. Part 6 Selfish genes: nature red in tooth and claw, Richard Dawkins
- evolution of consciousness, Richard Dawkins
- junk DNA and other evidence, W. Ford Doolittle et al. Part 7 Reflections: the debates continue, W. Ford Doolittle et al.
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