Biology under the influence dialectical essays on ecology, agriculture, and health /
How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where id...
| Основни автори: | Lewontin, Richard C., 1929- (Author), Levins, Richard, (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Monthly Review Press,
℗♭2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=516471 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Biology under the influence. |
| Резюме: |
How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where ideology influences the questions we ask and how we approach the material world. Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society breaks from the confirms of determinism, offering a dialectical analysis for comprehending a dynamic social and natural world. In Bi. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-390) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781583673935 1583673938 |