Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health

by Richard C. Lewontin, Richard Levins, Richard Levins

Book Overview

How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where ideology influences the questions we ask and how we approach the material world. Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583671579
• ISBN13: 9781583671573
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 6.0"