- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Models: Explaining Development without the Help of Genes
- 1. Synthetic Biology and the Origin of Living Form
- 2. Morphology as a Science of Mechanical Forces
- 3. Untimely Births of a Mathematical Biology
- II. Metaphors: Genes and Developmental Narratives
- 4. Genes, Gene Action, and Genetic Programs
- 5. Taming the Cybernetic Metaphor
- 6. Positioning Positional Information
- III. Machines: Understanding Development with Computers, Recombinant DNA, and Molecular Imaging
- 7. The Visual Culture of Molecular Embryology
- 8. New Roles for Mathematical and Computational Modeling
- 9. Synthetic Biology Redux-Computer Simulation and Artificial Life
- Conclusion: Understanding Development
- Notes
- References
- Index

Making Sense of Life
Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines
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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95
ISBN 9780674012509
Publication Date: 10/31/2003