Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines (2002)
Keller, Evelyn Fox (Author)
Harvard University Press
Physical Details: xii + 388 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English
Description Considers the question, What counts as an “explanation” of biological development in individual organisms? Looks at the role of mathematical and physical models, common metaphors, and technological developments.
Review Nordlund, Christer (2003) Review of "Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines". Lychnos (pp. 368-369).
Essay Review Ruse, Michael (2004) I May Be Old Fashioned but…. Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 389-392).
Review Delehanty, Megan (2003) Review of "Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 393).
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