The New Biology: A Battle Between Mechanism and Organicism

by Michael J Reiss and Michael Ruse

In this accessible analysis, a philosopher and a science educator look at biological theory and society through a synthesis of mechanistic and organicist points of view to best understand the complexity of life and biological systems.

The search for a unified framework for biology is as old as Plato's musings on natural order, which suggested that the universe itself is alive. But in the twentieth century, under the influence of genetics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674972244
• ISBN13: 9780674972247
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.6"