| Lifelines: Life Beyond the Gene Contributor(s): Rose, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195150392 ISBN-13: 9780195150391 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $75.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: A distinct voice in the nature/nurture debate, Rose's series of essays are a response to the biological reductionism of Richard Dawkins's book, The Selfish Gene (OUP, 1990), which insists that all aspects of human life are in our genes, and everything arises as a consequence of natural selection. Rose argues that life depends on the elaborate web of interactions that occur within cells, organisms, and ecosystems, and in which DNA has but one part to play. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 570.1 |
| LCCN: 2001036974 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.3" W x 8.42" (0.98 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A distinct voice in the nature/nurture debate, Rose's series of essays are a response to the biological reductionism of Richard Dawkins's book, The Selfish Gene (OUP, 1990), which insists that all aspects of human life are in our genes, and everything arises as a consequence of natural selection. Rose argues that life depends on the elaborate web of interactions that occur within cells, organisms, and ecosystems, and in which DNA has but one part to play. |