Imperfection
A Natural History
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A history of and a hymn to the diversities of living beings, to understand that imperfection is promise of change and fuel of creativity"--
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"A history of and a hymn to the diversities of living beings, to understand that imperfection is promise of change and fuel of creativity"--
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Foreword ixIan Tattersall
1 A Subtle Imperfection: and So It All Began 1
2 Imperfect Evolution 17
3 Imperfections that Work 39
4 The Imprint of Uselessness in DNA 65
5 A Proverbial Jumble: The Human Brain 83
6 The Imperfect Sage 103
7 Would You Buy a Secondhand Car from a Homo Sapiens? 121
In Conclusion, the Laws of Imperfection 143
References and Further Reading 151
Index 159
Autoren-Porträt von Telmo Pievani
Telmo Pievani is Full Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, where he covers the first Italian chair of Philosophy of Biological Sciences. A leading science communicator and columnist for Il corriere della sera, he is the author of The Unexpected Life, Creation without God, Serendipity, and other books.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Telmo Pievani
- 2024, XII, 164 Seiten, Maße: 12 x 19,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Michael Gerard Kenyon
- Verlag: The MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262548356
- ISBN-13: 9780262548359
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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