The Triple Helix. Gene, Organism, And Environment - Hardcover

Lewontin, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674001591 ISBN 13: 9780674001596

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 2000

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Book by Lewontin Richard

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Whatever the reader's views, these essays are worth reading for their brilliant, if sometimes partisan, criticisms. Lewontin's style is remarkably clear considering the complex nature of some of his arguments. Recommended.--Marit MacArthur "Library Journal "

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One of our most brilliant evolutionary biologists, Richard Lewontin has also been a leading critic of those - scientists and non-scientists alike - who would misuse the science to which he has contributed so much. In this book, the author the scientist, and the critic come together to provide a concise, accessible account of what his work has taught him about biology and about its relevance to human affairs. In the process, he exposes some of the common and troubling misconceptions that misdirect and stall our understanding of biology and evolution. The central message of this book is that we will never fully understand living things if we continue to think of genes, organisms, and environments as separate entities, each with its distinct role to play in the history and operation of organic processes. here Lewontin shows that an organisms is a unique consequence of both genes and environment, of both internal and external features. rejecting the notion that genes determine the organism, which then adapts to the environment, he explains that organisms, influenced in their development by their circumstances, in turn create, modify, and chose the environment in which they live.

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0674001591
• ISBN 13: 9780674001596
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136