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| International Standard Book Number |
9781402088667 |
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978-1-4020-8866-7 |
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10.1007/978-1-4020-8866-7 |
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doi |
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B67 |
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PDA |
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bicssc |
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SCI075000 |
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bisacsh |
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501 |
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23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Agutter, Paul S. |
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author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Thinking about Life |
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[electronic resource] : |
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The History and Philosophy of Biology and Other Sciences / |
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by Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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Dordrecht : |
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Springer Netherlands, |
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2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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XIV, 267 p. |
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online resource. |
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text |
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txt |
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computer |
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rdamedia |
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online resource |
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rdacarrier |
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text file |
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PDF |
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rda |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
What is Science? -- Culture, Technology and Knowledge -- Classical Roots -- Mediaeval Views of the World -- The Scientific Revolution -- The ‘Scientific Revolution’ in Biology -- Aristotle's Biology -- How Different Are Organisms from Inanimate Objects? -- Cell Theory and Experimental Physiology: New Ideas in a Changing Society -- Embryos and Entelechy -- Spontaneous Generation -- The Evolution of Darwinism -- The Great Heredity Debate -- Evolutionary Theory Attains Maturity -- The Problem of Purpose -- The Scientific Status of Biology. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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Our previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to ‘define’ the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate – we did not claim them as ‘truth’ – but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as ‘scientific fact’. What does that mean? What is ‘scientific fact’ and why is it accepted? What is science – and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter)? The book you are now reading investigates these questions – and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science – that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science – we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis. |
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Philosophy. |
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History. |
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Philosophy and science. |
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Biology |
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Philosophy. |
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Philosophy. |
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Philosophy of Science. |
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History of Science. |
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Philosophy of Biology. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wheatley, Denys N. |
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author. |
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SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Springer eBooks |
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| Relationship information |
Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781402088650 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8866-7 |
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