The life organic : the Theoretical Biology Club and the roots of epigenetics /
Peterson, Erik L.
The life organic : the Theoretical Biology Club and the roots of epigenetics / Erik L. Peterson. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780822981985 082298198X
22573/ctt1kb9bj0 JSTOR C7057E3C-C56B-4FF5-890E-EC383DE43974 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Theoretical Biology Club.
Biology--Philosophy--History.
Epigenetics--History.
NATURE--Reference.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biology.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--General.
SCIENCE--General.
Electronic books.
QH331
570.1
The life organic : the Theoretical Biology Club and the roots of epigenetics / Erik L. Peterson. - Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
9780822981985 082298198X
22573/ctt1kb9bj0 JSTOR C7057E3C-C56B-4FF5-890E-EC383DE43974 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Theoretical Biology Club.
Biology--Philosophy--History.
Epigenetics--History.
NATURE--Reference.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Biology.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--General.
SCIENCE--General.
Electronic books.
QH331
570.1