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| Autore principale: | Keller, Evelyn Fox, 1936-
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| Titolo: | Making sense of life : explaining biological development with models, metaphors and machines / Evelyn Fox Keller. |
| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, 2002. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XII, 388 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| Contiene: | Indice: Preface. Introduction. Pt. 1. Models: explaining development without the help of genes: 1. Synthetic biology and the origin of living form 2. Morphology as a science of mechanical forces 3. Untimely births of a mathematical biology. Pt. 2. Metaphors: genes and developmental narratives: 4. Genes, gene action and genetic programs 5. Taming the cybernetic metaphor 6. Positioning positional information. Pt. 3. Machines: understanding development with computers, recombinant DNA and molecular imaging: 7. The visual culture of molecular embryology 8. New roles for mathematical and computational modeling 9. Synthetic biology redux, computer simulation and artificial life. Conclusion: Understanding development. Notes. References. Index |
| ISBN: | 0674007468 |
| Discipline: | Scienze della vita--Studi specifici. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
| Collocazione: | LS 13138 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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