Plotkin, H. C.
Evolutionary worlds without end [electronic resource] / by Henry Plotkin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diversity and complexity are the hallmarks of living forms. Yet science aims for general causal explanations of its observations - so how can this be achieved in the non-physical sciences? This book considers whether there can be a general theory in biology and the social sciences, that is equivalent to those seen in physics.
9780191594366 (ebook) : No price
Biology.
Biology--Philosophy.
QH307.2
570
Evolutionary worlds without end [electronic resource] / by Henry Plotkin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diversity and complexity are the hallmarks of living forms. Yet science aims for general causal explanations of its observations - so how can this be achieved in the non-physical sciences? This book considers whether there can be a general theory in biology and the social sciences, that is equivalent to those seen in physics.
9780191594366 (ebook) : No price
Biology.
Biology--Philosophy.
QH307.2
570