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Brand new: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
ISBN
0674045378
EAN
9780674045378
Manufacturer
Harvard University Press
Brand
Harvard University Press
Binding
TP
Book Title
Aristotle to Zoos: A Philisophical Dictionary of B

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674045378
ISBN-13
9780674045378
eBay Product ID (ePID)
364194

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Aristotle to Zoos : a Philosophical Dictionary of Biology
Publication Year
1985
Subject
General, Life Sciences / Biology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Author
J. S. Medawar, P. B. Medawar
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
84-016529
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
These little essays are beautifully written, trenchant, witty and informative... Enjoy the lovely prose and the tough precise intelligence ... If a central informing theme is to be found in the Medawars' dictionary, it is an appeal for a disciplined and critical mind., Aristotle to Zoos is a recommended introduction to the problems of life science and their profound relevance to our daily lives. P. B. and J. S. Medawar are masterful guides'e¦ The Medawars' work is a model of scientific prose. It is written to delight and to teach., Aristotle to Zoos is a recommended introduction to the problems of life science and their profound relevance to our daily lives. P.B. and J. S. Medawar are masterful guides...The Medawars' work is a model of scientific prose. It is written to delight and to teach., Two distinguished scientists have made sense of their speciality instead of mystery. Entries on altruism, clones, and simple sweating combine authority with humanity--and even wit., One of the most delightful, and delightfully eccentric, dictionaries I have ever encountered... One can learn a tremendous amount of modern biology from it., These little essays are beautifully written, trenchant, witty and informative'e¦ Enjoy the lovely prose and the tough precise intelligence'e¦ If a central informing theme is to be found in the Medawars' dictionary, it is an appeal for a disciplined and critical mind., Two distinguished scientists have made sense of their specialty instead of mystery. Entries on altruism, clones, and simple sweating combine authority with humanity'e"and even wit., Two distinguished scientists have made sense of their specialty instead of mystery. Entries on altruism, clones, and simple sweating combine authority with humanity-and even wit.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
574/.03/21
Table Of Content
Adaptation Adrenal gland Age distribution Aggressive instinct Aging Albinism Allergy Allometric growth Altruism Amino acids Amphioxus Anabiosis Anencephaly Animals and human obligations Antibiotics Anticholinesterases Antigens and antibodies Apes Aquaculture Archaeopteryx Aristotle Arthropods Atavism Bacteriophages Barnacles Behaviorism Bilharziasis Bioengineering Biogenesis Biology in medical education Blood and its circulation Cancer Carotid artery Cell theory Centrifuge Chance and randomness Chicken and egg Chimera Chordata Chromosomes Clones Comparative anatomy Contact inhibition Coronary artery Creationism Curare Cybernetics Definition of life and other terms Demography Design, argument from Down's syndrome Ecology Electrophoresis Embryonic axis Endocrine gland Enzymes Epithelium Errors of nature Ethology Eugenics Eukaryotes Euphenies Evidence of evolution Exogenetic heredity Fertility Figures of speech Fitness Force of mortality Form and mathematics Frauds Geneticism Genetic and embryologic terms Genius and insanity Germ layer theory Gondwanaland Great chain of being Group selection Growth, laws of biological Hierarchy Historicism Holism Homology Huntington's chorea Hypothalamus Hypothesis and theory Illness Immunity Immunologic surveillance Individuality Infertility and its remedies Instinct Interferon Invertebrata Irritability King crab Lamarckism Language Lemmings Life table Lungfish Lymphatics and lymph nodes Lymphocytes Lysenkoism Malaria Man's place in nature Meiosis Meme Metabolism Mimicry Missing links Mitochondria Mitosis Molecular biology Mollusca Monotremes Mules Myasthenia gravis Natural selection Nature and nurture Neo-Darwinism Neoteny Nerve gases Nerve impulses Nucleic acids Order in biology Orders of magnitude Origin of life Ornithology Parthenogenesis Phenylketonuria Piltdown skull Pineal body Poiesis Population growth and control Primates Proteins Protoplasm Protozoa Pterodactyls Recapitulation Reductionism Reflex Rhesus factor Sense organs Sessile animals Sexual cycles Sexuality Sickle-cell anemia Sociobiology Soma Specificity Spina bifida Spontaneous generation Spores Sweating Symbiosis Sympathetic nervous system Syphilis Taxon Teleology Teratology Terminology Thermo
Synopsis
In the spirit of Voltaire--and occasionally in the spirit of P. G. Wodehouse--P. B. and J. S. Medawar have crafted for the life sciences a source of reference that is meant for browsing, a book both authoritative and filled with delights. The authors' breadth of knowledge is encyclopedic-- arranged, appropriately enough, from A to Z--but more than that, they illuminate the ideas of biology with wit and intelligence and uncommon good sense. They bridge the chasm in our culture between the technically and the humanistically trained, breaking the code of jargon that limits access to scientific understanding. The Medawars' special gift is to offer, at the same time, a pleasurable introduction for the layman and a source of new insight for the specialist. In this book we can find a clear and meaningful definition of interferon, a useful explanation of the immune system, and thoughtful essays on sociobiology, eugenics, and aging. But we also find: "It is a popular fallacy that chewing gum regains its flavor if removed from the mouth and parked, say, under a chair." Whether in a serious discussion of cancer or a whimsical reflection on "chicken and egg" imagery in science, the Medawars' blend of fact, literary allusion, historical anecdote, mythical and folk tradition, and even professional gossip is a rewarding exercise in biology as a humanistic endeavor., In the spirit of Voltaire--and occasionally in the spirit of P. G. Wodehouse--P. B. and J. S. Medawar have crafted for the life sciences a source of reference that is meant for browsing--a book both authoritative and filled with delights.

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