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Making Sense of Life

Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines

Evelyn Fox Keller

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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95

ISBN 9780674012509

Publication Date: 10/31/2003

400 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

5 halftones, 4 line illustrations

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Evelyn Fox Keller is Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous honorary degrees.

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