Form and Transformation: Generative and Relational Principles in Biology

by Brian Goodwin and Gerry Webster

Book Overview

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection fails to explain the forms of organisms because it focuses on inheritance and survival, not on how organisms are generated. The first part of this 2007 book (by Gerry Webster) looks critically of the conceptual structure of Darwinism and describes the limitation of the theory of evolution as a comprehensive biological theory, arguing that a theory of biological form is needed to understand the structure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521207436
• ISBN13: 9780521207430
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"