The Organic Codes: An Introduction to Semantic Biology / Edition 1

by Marcello Barbieri

Overview

Asserting that there are many more organic codes in nature than just the genetic code, Marcello Barbieri states that the existence of these codes and their corresponding organic memories can be used to explain the key steps in the evolutionary history of life. With major events corresponding to the appearance of new codes, the organic codes and their corresponding organic memories can also shed new light on the problems of epigenesis and how embryos generate their own complexity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521531009
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/23/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Professor Barbieri is based in the Department of Morphology and Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy.

Table of Contents

Foreword Michael Ghiselin; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The microscope and the cell; 2. Theories of evolution; 3. A new model for biology; 4. Organic codes and organic memories; 5. The origin of life; 6. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes; 7. The Cambrian explosion; 8. Semantic biology; 9. A brief summary; Appendix I. Definitions of life; Afterword Jack Cohen; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The text of Barbieri's book is clear and very enjoyable to read...introduc[ing] relevant and challenging ideas to the body of thought of biologists and of other science readers..." Genetics and Molecular Biology

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