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A new century of biology
Title:
A new century of biology
Author:
Kress, W. John.
Publication Information:
Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, in association with the American Institute of Biological Sciences, [2001]

©2001
Physical Description:
xxii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Foreword : Biology in the twenty-first century / Ernst Mayr -- Preface : A new century of biology / W. John Kress and Gary W. Barrett -- Introduction : The new revolution in biology / Gary W. Barrett and W. John Kress -- Bacteria in the origins of species : demise of the neo-Darwinian paradigm / Lynn Margulis -- Bodies and body plans, and how they came to be / Marvalee H. Wake -- Ecosystems : energetics and biogeochemistry / Gene E. Likens -- Behavior, ecology, and evolution / Gordon H. Orians -- Conserving biodiversity into the new century / Ghillean T. Prance -- The new age of biological exploration / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Lumpy integration of tropical wild biodiversity with its society / Daniel H. Janzen -- Biology and the human sciences : pathways of consilience / Edward O. Wilson.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9781560989844

9781560989455
Format :
Book