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Auteur(s) : Peterson, Erik L.. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : The life organic [Texte imprimé] : the Theoretical biology club and the roots of epigenetics / Erik L. Peterson
Publication : Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-334 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 295-319. Index
This book tells the forgotten story of the pursuit of a Third Way in biology, known
by many names, including "the organic philosophy"--Including the scientists who defined
and refined it and its persistence into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
It considers the creation of the subfield of epigenetics, a product of Third Way thinking,
rooted among a group of scholars known as the Theoretical Biology Club. And it raises
significant questions about how we should model the development of the discipline
of biology. -- Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Biologie -- Philosophie
Épigénétique -- Histoire
Organicisme (philosophie)
Theoretical biology club
Indice(s) Dewey : 570.1 (23e éd.) = Biologie - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780822944669. - ISBN 0822944669 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46529708f
Notice n° :
FRBNF46529708
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Table des matières : The first generation of organicists ; Needham's revival of mechanism ; Socrates and the principia biolog? ; The tipping point ; Waddington and the organizer ; The original Theoretical Biology Club ; Large plans versus the ultimate littleness of things ; As many opinions as there are men ; "Off in all directions like an expanding universe" ; Mechanism reduced to molecules ; The Lysenko morality tale and the epigenetic landscape ; Ernst Mayr, neo-Darwinism, and beanbag genetics ; History of science is written by the laureates ; The 1960s reincarnation of the debate ; The conventional wisdom of the dominant group, or cowdung ; Conclusion : a third way after Waddington? ; Epilogue : is modern epigenetics organic?