The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution /
Oyama, Susan.
The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution / Susan Oyama ; foreword by Richard C. Lewontin. - 2nd ed., rev. and and expanded. - [Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000. - xxi, 273 p. ; 24 cm. - Science and cultural theory . - Science and cultural theory. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Introduction -- The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy -- The Problem of Change -- Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation -- Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene -- The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine -- The Ontogeny of Information -- Reprise -- Prospects. Richard Lewontin -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
0822324318 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822324317 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822324660 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780822324669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
99034735
100953689 DNLM
Information theory in biology.
Evolution (Biology)
Biology.
Information Theory.
QH 507 / .O93 2000
The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution / Susan Oyama ; foreword by Richard C. Lewontin. - 2nd ed., rev. and and expanded. - [Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000. - xxi, 273 p. ; 24 cm. - Science and cultural theory . - Science and cultural theory. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Introduction -- The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy -- The Problem of Change -- Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation -- Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene -- The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine -- The Ontogeny of Information -- Reprise -- Prospects. Richard Lewontin -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
0822324318 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822324317 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822324660 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780822324669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
99034735
100953689 DNLM
Information theory in biology.
Evolution (Biology)
Biology.
Information Theory.
QH 507 / .O93 2000