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Aristotle to zoos : a philosophical dictionary of biology
by P. B. Medawar, J. S. Medawar
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1984)
ISBN: 0297782975
EAN: 9780297782971
Hardcover: 336 pages
SKU: 0068023
Condition: Fine
Comments: Clean, crisp & tight, Book is graded Fine condition.. Dust Jacket has light rubbing and edgewaer (mostly rubbing and creases, but some chipping on top edge).
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In the spirit of Voltaire--and occasionally in the spirit of P. G. Wodehouse--the Medawars have crafted for the life sciences a source of reference that is meant for browsing, a book both authoritative and tilled with delights.
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Amazon.com Review
Biologists P. B. and J. S. Medawar take on a challenging task: introducing readers to the central problems of life science and showing their profound relevance to our daily lives. They do so with verve, correcting from essay to essay our common misconceptions about the nature of things. For one, they write, "It is a popular fallacy that chewing gum regains its flavor if removed from the mouth and parked, say, under a chair. What is regained is not the flavor but the ability to taste the flavor as sensory adaptation wears off." You'll learn a great deal about such adaptations, to say nothing of recombinant DNA research, biogenetics, and eugenics, oncology, transplantation, environmental change, and animal rights, among dozens of other topics.
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