Title: The Tinkerer's Accomplice
Description: Can design in nature be modeled scientifically, or is it just a perceptual fallacy?  This book examines Bernard's machines as the mechanism through which homeostasis works to produce such seemingly designed systems as termite nest ventilation, circulatory systems, and embryo development.
Subjects: physiology, biological development, natural selection, homeostasis, Bernard's machines, intentionality, Adaptation (Physiology), Natural selection, Evolution, Physiology, Anatomy
People: Charles Darwin, Claude Bernard