This is biology : the science of the living world / Ernst Mayr.
Edizione:
5. printing
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Belknap press of Harvard University press, 1997.
Descrizione fisica:
XV, 327 p. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. What is the meaning of life? 2. What is science? 3. How does science explain the natural world? 4. How does biology explain the living world? 5. Does science advance? 6. How are the life sciences structured? 7. What? questions: the study of biodiversity 8. How? questions: the making of a new individual 9. Why? questions: the evolution of organisms 10. What questions does ecology ask? 11. Where do humans fit into evolution? 12. Can evolution account for ethics? Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Guide to topics covered. Acknowledgments. Index
