The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution / Susan Oyama ; foreword by Richard C. Lewontin.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Science and cultural theoryPublication details: [Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000.Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and and expandedDescription: xxi, 273 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0822324318 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822324317 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822324660 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780822324669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ontogeny of information.LOC classification:
  • QH 507 .O93 2000
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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Contents:
Foreword / Richard Lewontin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy -- 3. The Problem of Change -- 4. Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation -- 5. Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene -- 6. The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine -- 7. The Ontogeny of Information -- 8. Reprise -- 9. Prospects.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.

Foreword / Richard Lewontin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy -- 3. The Problem of Change -- 4. Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation -- 5. Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene -- 6. The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine -- 7. The Ontogeny of Information -- 8. Reprise -- 9. Prospects.

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