The Tinkerer's Accomplice

How Design Emerges from Life Itself

J. Scott Turner

    Prologue

    1. Cleanthes' Dilemma

    2. Bernard Machines

    3. The Joy of Socks

    4. Blood River

    5. Knowledgeable Bones

    6. Embr yonic Origami

    7. A Gut Feeling

    8. An Intentional Aside

    9. Points of Light

    10. Pygmalion's Gift

    11. Biology's Bright Lines

    Notes

    References

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: The Tinkerer's Accomplice
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Stephanie Kennedy-Roth

J. Scott Turner is Associate Professor at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse.