History & Philosophy of Biology


The Limits of the Self

Immunology and Biological Identity
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Hardback Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780199775286ISBN10: 0199775281 Based on the influence of the immune system, it suggests a new response to the question "what is an organism?"
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Isaac Newton's Scientific Method

Turning Data into Evidence about Gravity and Cosmology
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Hardback Jan 2012 ISBN13: 9780199570409ISBN10: 019957040X A new understanding of one of the greatest of all scientific achievements
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In Darwin's Shadow

The Life and Science of Alfred Russel Wallace: A Biographical Study on the Psychology of History
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Paperback Oct 2011 ISBN13: 9780199856534ISBN10: 0199856532 An insightful biography of one of the greatest but least heralded scientists of the nineteenth century
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The Private Life of Atoms
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Hardback Oct 2011 ISBN13: 9780199695126ISBN10: 0199695121 With full-color images on every page--an appealing introduction to one of the basic phenomena of the physical world--the chemical reaction
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Selected Writings

On Self-Organization, Philosophy, Bioethics, and Judaism
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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780823231812ISBN10: 082323181X
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Selected Writings

On Self-Organization, Philosophy, Bioethics, and Judaism
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Paperback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780823231829ISBN10: 0823231828
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Beyond the Finite

The Sublime in Art and Science
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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199737697ISBN10: 019973769X This book, through essays by nine leading scholars with diverse academic backgrounds, explores the sublime's relationship to art and science.
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