The Life Organic: The Theoretical Biology Club and the Roots of Epigenetics
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As scientists debated the nature of life in the nineteenth century, two theories predominated: vitalism, which suggested that living things contained a "vital spark," and mechanism, the idea that animals and humans differed from nonliving things only in their degree of complexity. Erik Peterson tells the forgotten story of the pursuit of a Third Way in biology, known by many names, including "the organic philosophy," which gave rise to C. H. Waddington's...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822944669
ISBN13:9780822944669
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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