1st Edition

The Strategy of the Genes

By C.H. Waddington Copyright 1957
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts and objectives. Specifically, these five essays are concerned with some of the major problems of classical biology: the precise character of... Read more

Preface  1. Form, End and Time  2. The Cybernetics of Development  3. Selection Of, For and By  4. The Organisation of the Gene Pool  5. The Survival of the Adaptable.  Epilogue.  Appendix: Some Physico-Chemical Aspects of Biological Organisation

Biography

C.H. Waddington