How the Leopard Changed Its Spots 
Subtitle: The Evolution of Complexity
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780691088099
Subjects: Evolution; Organic Evolution; Animal Growth And Development; Science; Self-organizing systems; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Life Sciences - Evolution; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Biochemistry; Cognitive Science; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Science / Biology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Evolution (Biology); Morphology
First sentence: Something very curious and interesting has happened to biology in recent years.
Description: Do genes explain life? Can advances in evolutionary and molecular biology account for what we look like, how we behave, and why we die? This intervention into biological thinking argues that such genetic reductionism has limits. It shows how an understanding of the self-organizing patterns of networks is necessary for making sense of nature.