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Can design in nature be modeled scientifically, or is it just a perceptual fallacy? This book examines Bernard's machines as the mechanism through which homeostasis works to produce such seemingly designed systems as termite nest ventilation, circulatory systems, and embryo development.
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Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself
2009, Harvard University Press
in English
0674267869 9780674267862
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The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself
January 1, 2007, Harvard University Press
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0674023536 9780674023536
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Page 1
1.
Cleanthes' Dilemma
Page 4
2.
Bernard Machines
Page 15
3.
The Joy of Socks
Page 30
4.
Blood River
Page 50
5.
Knowledgeable Bones
Page 70
6.
Embryonic Origami
Page 88
7.
A Gut Feeling
Page 113
8.
An Intentional Aside
Page 135
9.
Points of Light
Page 150
10.
Pygmalion's Gift
Page 181
11.
Biology's Bright Lines
Page 206
Notes
Page 229
References
Page 239
Acknowledgements
Page 269
Index
Page 273
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