{"product_id":"form-and-transformation-generative-and-relational-principles-in-biology-paperback-9780521207430","title":"Form and Transformation; Generative and Relational Principles in Biology (Paperback) 9780521207430","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eForm and Transformation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGenerative and Relational Principles in Biology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2007 book argues that biology needs a theory of biological form, and that this must be based on a generative theory of organisms.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerry Webster (Author), Brian Goodwin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521207430, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book makes an important contribution to the paradigm shift.\"    Molecular Reproduction and Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDarwin's theory of evolution by natural selection fails to explain the forms of organisms because it focuses on inheritance and survival, not on how organisms are generated. The first part of this 2007 book (by Gerry Webster) looks critically of the conceptual structure of Darwinism and describes the limitation of the theory of evolution as a comprehensive biological theory, arguing that a theory of biological form is needed to understand the structure of organisms and their transformations as revealed in taxonomy. The second part of the book (by Brian Goodwin) explores such a theory in terms of organisms as developing and transforming dynamic systems, within which gene action is to be understood. A number of specific examples, including tetrapod limb formation and Drosophila development, are used to illustrate how these hierarchically-organized dynamic fields undergo robust symmetry-breaking cascades to produce generic forms.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Problem of Form: 1. Introduction: forms and kinds\u003cbr\u003e 2. The old dialectic: empirical classification and Darwinian theory\u003cbr\u003e 3. The ontological status of Taxa: material practice\u003cbr\u003e 4. The ontological status of Taxa: theoretical practice\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rational systematics and morphogenetic theory: a new dialectic?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Putting the organism together again\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Fields and Forms: 7. Segments, symmetries, and epigenetic maps\u003cbr\u003e 8. The unitary morphogenetic field\u003cbr\u003e 9. A generative biology\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Developmental biology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Developmental biology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Developmental%20biology%20%5BPSC%5D%22\"\u003ePSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004683145496,"sku":"9780521207430","price":42.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521207430i_0eb0e4bc-52e9-48ee-858a-84e55e114220.jpg?v=1691373965","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/form-and-transformation-generative-and-relational-principles-in-biology-paperback-9780521207430","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}