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How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity

How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity

How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity
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How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity Paperback - 2001

by Goodwin, Brian

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  • Title How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity
  • Author Goodwin, Brian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 275
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
  • Publication date 2001-02-18
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP89950041
  • ISBN 9780691088099 / 0691088098
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.59 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.50 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology), Morphology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00051652
  • Dewey Decimal Code 575
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

Do genes explain life? Can advances in evolutionary and molecular biology account for what we look like, how we behave, and why we die? In this powerful intervention into current biological thinking, Brian Goodwin argues that such genetic reductionism has important limits.

Drawing on the sciences of complexity, the author shows how an understanding of the self-organizing patterns of networks is necessary for making sense of nature. Genes are important, but only as part of a process constrained by environment, physical laws, and the universal tendencies of complex adaptive systems. In a new preface for this edition, Goodwin reflects on the advances in both genetics and the sciences of complexity since the book's original publication.

First line

Something very curious and interesting has happened to biology in recent years.

From the rear cover

"This is a brilliant book, wonderfully written. . . . Goodwin is a real scholar, of great breadth and insight. He writes beautifully, conveying difficult themes in an exciting manner."--Simon Levin, Princeton University

About the author

Brian Goodwin is Professor of Biology and Coordinator of Holistic Science at Schumacher College, Devon, UK. He is the editor of Theoretical Biology: Epigenetic and Evolutionary Order from Complex Systems and the coauthor of Form and Transformation and Signs of Life.

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