Order and Life - Couverture rigide

Needham, Joseph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300136544 ISBN 13 : 9780300136548

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2036

Synopsis

This volume, which is based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University in 1935, deals with the problem of the unity of natural knowledge. It considers the cleavage between the inorganic and biological sciences, and between the theology of intelligibility and that of inexplicability. Under the heading "The Nature of Biological Order" it considers some of the opinions which biologists, physicists, and philosophers hold regarding the form of organization which living things exhibit. The discussion is continued under the headings "The Deployment of Biological Order" and "The Hierarchical Continuity of Biological Order," and the conclusion is reached that "the profounder our insight into the nature of organic form, the clearer does the unity of science become."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1936, this book contains the text of the Terry Lectures for 1934–5, originally delivered at Yale University. Needham discusses the nature, deployment, and hierarchical continuity of biological order, as well as the history of scientific investigation into animal development through embryology, genetics and the study of mitosis. The lectures also take the opportunity to draw implicit conclusions on the nature and existence of God, or not, based on the 'oneness of inorganic and organic science'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the conjunction of science and theology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2036
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300136544
• ISBN 13: 9780300136548
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 216
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