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Author : C. H. Waddington
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (794 download)
Download or read book Towards a theoretical biology. Vol. 1 written by C. H. Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. H. Waddington
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202367673
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Origin of Life written by C. H. Waddington and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the relevance of biological topics as evolution or perception to their traditional problems. This work is a publication of the International Union of Biological Sciences, the central organization of all the branches of biology. The main focus here is to explore the possibility of formulating some frame of concepts and methods around which theoretical biology can grow. The intention of this collective effort was that discussions would be concerned, not with the theory of particular biological processes, such as membrane permeability, genetics, and neural activity, but rather with an attempt to discover and formulate general concepts and logical relations characteristic of living as contrasted with inorganic systems. Further, this project is a consideration of implications these might have for general philosophy. Many well-known scientists contributed to this volume, such as J. Maynard Smith, Ernst Mayr, Brian Goodwin, and Renà Thom. The Origin of Life: Toward a Theoretical Biology explores the character of the problems facing any theory of general biology. It contains a series of chapters and exchanges discussing such topics as the origin of life, cellular differentiation, morphogensis, evolution, and indeterminacy in biological and physical systems, the organization of the brain, the statistical mechanics of non-linear oscillators, and many other topics. This is a pioneering volume by recognized leaders in an emerging fieldâthe first of four such works.
Author : C. H. Waddington
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Towards a Theoretical Biology written by C. H. Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Conrad Hal Waddington
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Download or read book Towards a Theoretical Biology;. written by Conrad Hal Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : International Union of Biological Sciences
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Download or read book Towards a Theoretical Biology written by International Union of Biological Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred M. Snell
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Progress in Theoretical Biology written by Fred M. Snell and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. H. Waddington
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Download or read book Towards a theoretical biology. Vol. 2 written by C. H. Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred M. Snell
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Total Pages : 228 pages
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Download or read book Progress in Theoretical Biology written by Fred M. Snell and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilhelmina A. Leigh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351490834
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Sketching Theoretical Biology written by Wilhelmina A. Leigh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to bring together a number of elements that would be useful in the construction of a coherent and comprehensive theory of biology. Based on the assumption that living systems represent some kind of "organized complexity," the collection discusses meaningful ways of formulating two basic questions: what is the nature of this complexity; and, what are the principles of its organization? The question always asked about biological theory is whether or not it constitutes useful scientific theory. Because many useful biological theories cannot yet be made explicit in terms of conventional physics, Sketching Theoretical Biology illustrates the types of questions in biology that correspond to the types of issues discussed in theoretical physics. This book, originally published in 1969, centers around a vigorous debate on the role played by metaphysical beliefs in determining scientific attitudes. The discussion covers heredity and evolution, cognitive processes and control processes, general property of hierarchies, and the current status of neo-Darwinism. Contributors include theoretical physicists, philosophers, neuroscientists, theoretical chemists, computer scientists, chemical engineers, geneticists and molecular biologists.
Author : Alessandro Minelli
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191651184
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Towards a Theory of Development written by Alessandro Minelli and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things? What is development? Articulate answers to these seemingly innocuous questions are far from straightforward. To date, no systematic, targeted effort has been made to construct a unifying theory of development. This novel work offers a unique exploration of the foundations of ontogeny by asking how the development of living things should be understood. It explores the key concepts of developmental biology, asks whether general principles of development can be discovered, and examines the role of models and theories. The two editors (one a biologist with long interest in the theoretical aspects of his discipline, the other a philosopher of science who has mainly worked on biological systems) have assembled a team of leading contributors who are representative of the scientific and philosophical community within which a diversity of thoughts are growing, and out of which a theory of development may eventually emerge. They analyse a wealth of approaches to concepts, models and theories of development, such as gene regulatory networks, accounts based on systems biology and on physics of soft matter, the different articulations of evolution and development, symbiont-induced development, as well as the widely discussed concepts of positional information and morphogenetic field, the idea of a 'programme' of development and its critiques, and the long-standing opposition between preformationist and epigenetic conceptions of development. Towards a Theory of Development is primarily aimed at students and researchers in the fields of 'evo-devo', developmental biology, theoretical biology, systems biology, biophysics, and the philosophy of science.
Author : Thomas A.C. Reydon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402029047
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Current Themes in Theoretical Biology written by Thomas A.C. Reydon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume originated in 2001 when we, together with our publishing editors at (then) Kluwer Academic Publishers, realized that the th following year the 50 volume of our journal Acta Biotheoretica would see the light. We felt that this milestone should not pass unnoticed and that the appropriate way to mark it would be the publication of a special volume of papers on theoretical biology. While editing this book during 2003 and early 2004, we realized that another milestone was not far off: in 2005 it will be 70 years ago that the journal was founded. We hope that the book lying before you will serve well to mark both events. The papers collected here have been written on invitation by representatives of the theoretical biology community in The Netherlands. They are intended to reflect the entire spectrum of topics on which Acta Biotheoretica publishes, ranging from philosophy of biology on one end to mathematical biology on the other. All chapters (except our own introductory one) have been peer reviewed according to the standards that are maintained with respect to regular submissions to Acta Biotheoretica.
Author : Conrad Hal Waddington
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (846 download)
Download or read book Towards a Theoretical Biology written by Conrad Hal Waddington and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James D. Murray
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387952284
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Mathematical Biology II written by James D. Murray and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated third edition provides a thorough training in practical mathematical biology and shows how exciting mathematical challenges can arise from a genuinely interdisciplinary involvement with the biosciences. It has been extensively updated and extended to cover much of the growth of mathematical biology. From the reviews: ""This book, a classical text in mathematical biology, cleverly combines mathematical tools with subject area sciences."--SHORT BOOK REVIEWS
Author : Fred M. Snell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Progress in Theoretical Biology written by Fred M. Snell and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. H. Waddington
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780202363196
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Sketching Theoretical Biology written by C. H. Waddington and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to bring together a number of elements that would be useful in the construction of a coherent and comprehensive theory of biology. Based on the assumption that living systems represent some kind of "organized complexity," the collection discusses meaningful ways of formulating two basic questions: what is the nature of this complexity; and, what are the principles of its organization? The question always asked about biological theory is whether or not it constitutes useful scientific theory. Because many useful biological theories cannot yet be made explicit in terms of conventional physics, Sketching Theoretical Biology illustrates the types of questions in biology that correspond to the types of issues discussed in theoretical physics. This book, originally published in 1969, centers around a vigorous debate on the role played by metaphysical beliefs in determining scientific attitudes. The discussion covers heredity and evolution, cognitive processes and control processes, general property of hierarchies, and the current status of neo-Darwinism. Contributors include theoretical physicists, philosophers, neuroscientists, theoretical chemists, computer scientists, chemical engineers, geneticists and molecular biologists.
Author : C. H. Waddington
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780202363028
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Life written by C. H. Waddington and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the relevance of biological topics as evolution or perception to their traditional problems. This work is a publication of the International Union of Biological Sciences, the central organization of all the branches of biology. The main focus here is to explore the possibility of formulating some frame of concepts and methods around which theoretical biology can grow. The intention of this collective effort was that discussions would be concerned, not with the theory of particular biological processes, such as membrane permeability, genetics, and neural activity, but rather with an attempt to discover and formulate general concepts and logical relations characteristic of living as contrasted with inorganic systems. Further, this project is a consideration of implications these might have for general philosophy. Many well-known scientists contributed to this volume, such as J. Maynard Smith, Ernst Mayr, Brian Goodwin, and RenÚ Thom. The Origin of Life: Toward a Theoretical Biology explores the character of the problems facing any theory of general biology. It contains a series of chapters and exchanges discussing such topics as the origin of life, cellular differentiation, morphogensis, evolution, and indeterminacy in biological and physical systems, the organization of the brain, the statistical mechanics of non-linear oscillators, and many other topics. This is a pioneering volume by recognized leaders in an emerging field—the first of four such works.
Author : Alvaro Moreno
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401798370
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Biological Autonomy written by Alvaro Moreno and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological phenomena and of our place in Nature. This book argues that contemporary biology should progress towards and revolve around an even more fundamental idea, that of autonomy. Biological autonomy describes living organisms as organised systems, which are able to self-produce and self-maintain as integrated entities, to establish their own goals and norms, and to promote the conditions of their existence through their interactions with the environment. Topics covered in this book include organisation and biological emergence, organisms, agency, levels of autonomy, cognition, and a look at the historical dimension of autonomy. The current development of scientific investigations on autonomous organisation calls for a theoretical and philosophical analysis. This can contribute to the elaboration of an original understanding of life - including human life - on Earth, opening new perspectives and enabling fecund interactions with other existing theories and approaches. This book takes up the challenge.
