Lifelines by Steven Rose

Lifelines by Steven Rose

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This text offers a riposte to the belief that we are mere machines, engineered for the replication of DNA. Rose argues that life depends on the elaborate web of interactions that occur within cells, organisms and ecosystems, in which DNA plays a part among many.

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Lifelines by Steven Rose

Steven Rose offers a response to those enthusiasts of the gene who insist that all aspects of human life are in our genes and the inevitable consequences of natural selection. He argues that life depends on the elaborate web of interactions that occur within cells, organisms and ecosystems, in which DNA plays a part among many. If we are to understand life, we must recapture an understanding of the entire organism and its trajectory through time and space - it is these trajectories that Rose calls "lifelines".
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ISBN 13 9780140237009
ISBN 10 0140237003
Title Lifelines
Author Steven Rose
Series Penguin Press Science S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1998-10-29
Number of pages 352
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