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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Science as a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biologyby John Alexander Moore
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:For the past twenty-five years John Moore has taught biology instructors how to teach biology--by emphasizing the questions people have asked about life through the ages and the ways natural philosophers and scientists have sought the answers. This book makes Moore's uncommon wisdom available to students in a lively and richly illustrated account of the history and workings of life. Employing a breadth of rhetoric strategies--including vividly written case histories, hypotheses and deductions, and chronological narrative--Science as a Way of Knowingprovides not only a cultural history of biology but also a splendid introduction to the procedures and values of science. Book News Annotation:For the past 25 years, the author has taught biology instructors how
to teach biology by emphasizing the questions people have asked about
life through the ages and the ways natural philosophers and
scientists have sought answers. This work makes his uncommon wisdom
available to students in a lively and richly illustrated account of
the history and workings of life. Employs rhetoric strategies
including case histories, hypotheses and deductions, and
chronological narrative, providing a cultural history of biology and
an introduction to the procedures and values of science. Includes b&w
historical illustrations, and b&w photos of artifacts. The author is
a professor of biology at UC-Riverside, and has written many
textbooks in genetics and development.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:To pen a single volume embracing the entire history and present compass of ideas about life and its evolution, from the cave art of Lascaux to the molecular genetics of today, is a formidable undertaking. To tell the developing story of biological thought as an illustration of the principles and methods of scientific enquiry in a much broader sense compounds the task. John Moore...has fulfilled these aims amply in a work of enormous scope. He has informed his book with wit, a gentle humanism, and considerable charm. Science as a Way of Knowingmay well become a classic. Review:"This volume is a worthy addition to the literature on the history of biology. It explains the foundations of evolution, genetics, and development and the logic behind scientific enquiry with a clarity that will put most writers of...textbooks to shame. It both demystifies science and exalts it." "To pen a single volume embracing the entire history and present compass of ideas about life and its evolution, from the cave art of Lascaux to the molecular genetics of today, is a formidable undertaking. To tell the developing story of biological thought as an illustration of the principles and methods of scientific enquiry in a much broader sense compounds the task. John Moore...has fulfilled these aims amply in a work of enormous scope. He has informed his book with wit, a gentle humanism, and considerable charm. Science as a Way of Knowing may well become a classic." "Emphasizing not just the steady accumulation of understanding but also the way in which understanding was achieved, Moore traces biology from its beginnings in ancient cultures, especially that of Greece, to its emergence as a modern scientific discipline. In sections covering the changing conception of nature in general, evolution, genetics, and organismal development, Moore's selection of case studies and hypotheses builds into a narrative account of the reason's biologists think as they do." Review:Emphasizing not just the steady accumulation of understanding but also the way in which understanding was achieved, Moore traces biology from its beginnings in ancient cultures, especially that of Greece, to its emergence as a modern scientific discipline. In sections covering the changing conception of nature in general, evolution, genetics, and organismal development, Moore's selection of case studies and hypotheses builds into a narrative account of the reason's biologists think as they do. Synopsis:splendid introduction to the procedures and values of science. About the AuthorJohn A. Moorewas the author of numerous textbooks in genetics and development and Emeritus Professor of Biology at the <>University of California, Riverside. Table of ContentsIntroduction A Brief Conceptual Framework for Biology PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING NATURE 1. The Antecedents of Scientific Thought 2. Aristotle and the Greek View of Nature 3. Those Rational Greeks? Theophrastus and the Science of Botany 4. The Judeo-Christian Worldview 5. The Revival of Science 6. Figur'd Stones and Plastick Virtue PART TWO: THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT 7. The Paradigm of Evolution 8. Testing Darwins Hypotheses 9. In the Light of Evolution 10. Life over Time PART THREE: CLASSICAL GENETICS 11. Pangenesis 12. The Cell Theory The Discovery of Cells: Robert Hooke 13. The Hypothesis of Chromosomal Continuity 14. Mendel and the Birth of Genetics 15. Genetics + Cytology: 1900-1910 16. The Genetics of the Fruit Fly 17. The Structure and Function of Genes PART FOUR: THE ENIGMA OF DEVELOPMENT 18. First Principles 19. The Century of Discovery 20. Descriptive Embryology 21. The Dawn of Analytical Embryology 22. Interactions during Development Conclusion What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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