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100 1 $aMayr, Ernst,$d1904-2005.
245 10 $aThis is biology :$bthe science of the living world /$cErnst Mayr.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c1997.
300 $axv, 327 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index.
505 00 $gch. 1.$tWhat is the meaning of "life? --$gch. 2.$tWhat is science? --$gch. 3.$tHow does science explain the natural world? --$gch. 4.$tHow does biology explain the living world? --$gch. 5.$tDoes science advance? --$gch. 6.$tHow are the life sciences structured? --$gch. 7.$t"What" questions: the study of biodiversity --$gch. 8.$t"How" questions: the making of a new individual --$gch. 9.$t"Why" questions: the evolution of organisms --$gch. 10.$tWhat questions does ecology ask --$gch. 11.$tWhere do humans fit into evolution? --$gch. 12.$tCan evolution account for ethics?
520 $aBiology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains the natural world. Yet to address the major political and moral questions that face us today, we must acquire an understanding of their biological roots. This magisterial new book by Ernst Mayr will go far to remedy this situation. An eyewitness to this century's relentless biological advance and the creator of some of its most important.
520 $aconcepts, Mayr is uniquely qualified to offer a vision of science that places biology firmly at the center, and a vision of biology that restores the primacy of holistic, evolutionary thinking. As he argues persuasively, the physical sciences cannot address many aspects of nature that are unique to life. Living organisms must be understood at every level of organization; they cannot be reduced to the laws of physics and chemistry. Mayr's approach is refreshingly at odds.
520 $awith the reductionist thinking that dominated scientific research earlier in this century, and will help to redirect how people think about the natural world. This Is Biology can also be read as a "life history" of the discipline - from its roots in the work of Aristotle, through its dormancy during the Scientific Revolution and its flowering in the hands of Darwin, to its spectacular growth with the advent of molecular techniques. Mayr maps out the territorial overlap.
520 $abetween biology and the humanities, especially history and ethics, and describes important distinctions between science and other systems of thought, including theology. Both as an overview of the sciences of life and as the culmination of a remarkable life in science, This Is Biology will richly reward professionals and general readers alike.
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