Making Sense of Life by Evelyn Fox Keller

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What do biologists want? What kind of explanation do biologists aim? How will we know when we have "made sense" of life? Explanations in the biological sciences are provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogenous as their subject matter. This text accounts for this diversity.

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Making Sense of Life by Evelyn Fox Keller

What do biologists want? What kind of explanation do biologists aim? How will we know when we have made sense of life? Explanations in the biological sciences are provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogenous as their subject matter. This text accounts for this diversity.
Evelyn Fox Keller is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous honorary degrees, she is the author or co-editor of ten previous books. Including Keywords in Evolutionary Biology and the 2001 L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award finalist. The Century of the Gene (both from Harvard).
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ISBN 13 9780674007468
ISBN 10 0674007468
Title Making Sense of Life
Author Evelyn Fox Keller
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 2002-05-31
Number of pages 352
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