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30360899 |
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OCoLC |
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940411s1994 nyua b 001 0 eng |
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94016891 |
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0025447106 |
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9780025447103 |
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(OCoLC)30360899 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QH366.2 |
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.G655 1994 |
| 060 #4 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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QH 366.2 |
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G656h 1994 |
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ARCH YNDC 575 G656H |
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20 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Goodwin, Brian C., |
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author |
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17768 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How the leopard changed its spots : |
| Remainder of title |
the evolution of complexity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Brian Goodwin |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xvi, 252 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-243) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Whatever happened to organisms? -- How the leopard got its spots -- Life, the excitable medium -- Living form in the making -- The evolution of generic forms -- New directions, new metaphors -- A science of qualities |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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The "leopard" in the title of How the Leopard Changed Its Spots is the science of biology, today poised for a massive change in its theoretical perspective. Here Brian Goodwin, described by colleagues as "the poet of theoretical biology," proposes an alternative to the modern synthesis of Darwinism and twentieth-century genetics. Goodwin rigorously and clearly demonstrates the flaws in the quasi-religious fervor with which Darwin's theory of natural selection is defended, and presents another, equally powerful engine for the origin and diversity of species. The consequences of this altered perspective are both scientific and metaphorical. The images of Darwinism that color so much of modern life - survival of the fittest, selfish genes, survival strategies, "a war of all against all"--Are incomplete, says Goodwin. If we regard organisms as more than survival machines, they take on an intrinsic value, with worth in and of themselves. Darwinism has shortchanged us, scientifically and ethically, for more than a century. This book demonstrates that organisms are every bit as cooperative as they are competitive, as altruistic as they are selfish, as creative and playful as they are destructive and repetitive. Erudite, dazzling, and elegantly written, at once a brilliant application of the laws of physics to the study of life, an exposition of the powerful force - not Darwinian selection - that shapes life on earth, and a meditation on the evolution of complex forms, it is certain to be the science book of the year |
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Evolution (Biology) |
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519 |
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Morphology |
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17769 |
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Self-organizing systems |
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16549 |
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Biology |
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620 |
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Cybernetics |
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15366 |
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Evolution |
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4 |
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Biology |
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620 |
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Cybernetics |
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15366 |
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Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Goodwin, Brian C. |
| Title |
How the leopard changed its spots. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : C. Scribner's Sons, ©1994 |
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(OCoLC)646972518 |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Archives |
