This is biology : the science of the living world

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This is biology : the science of the living world

Ernst Mayr

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1997

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注記

Bibliography: p. [293]-304

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The author argues that the physical sciences cannot address many aspects of nature and that living organisms must be understood at every level of organization. He attempts to map out the territorial overlap between biology and the humanities, especially history and ethics.

目次

  • What is the meaning of "Life"?
  • what is science
  • how does science explain the natural world?
  • how does biology explain the living world? does science advance? how are the life sciences structured?
  • "What?" questions - the study of biodiversity
  • "How?" questions - the making of a new individual
  • "Why?" questions - the evolution of organisms
  • what questions does ecology ask?
  • where do humans fit into evolution?
  • can evolution account for ethics?.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA32454679
  • ISBN
    • 067488468X
  • LCCN
    96042192
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 327 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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