Telmo Pievani, Michael Gerard Kenyon

Imperfection

A Natural History
Übersetzer: Kenyon, Michael Gerard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A history of and a hymn to the diversities of living beings, to understand that imperfection is promise of change and fuel of creativity"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780262047418
• ISBN-10: 0262047411
• Artikelnr.: 63597300

Autorenporträt

Telmo Pievani; translated by Michael Gerard Kenyon

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
Ian Tattersall
1 A Subtle Imperfection: and So It All Began 1
2 Imperfect Evolution 17
3 Imperfections that Work 39
4 The Imprint of Uselessness in DNA 65
5 A Proverbial Jumble: The Human Brain 83
6 The Imperfect Sage 103
7 Would You Buy a Secondhand Car from a Homo Sapiens? 121
In Conclusion, the Laws of Imperfection 143
References and Further Reading 151
Index 159