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        Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

        Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

        Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

        Edited by Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco and William C. Wimsatt

        ISBN: 9780262045339

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 24, 2021

        Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.
        Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

        Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

        Variability and Consistency in Early Language Learning

        The Wordbank Project

        by Michael C. Frank, Mika Braginsky, Daniel Yurovsky and Virginia A. Marchman

        ISBN: 9780262045100

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 16, 2021

        A data-driven exploration of children's early language learning across different languages, providing an empirical reference and a new theoretical framework.
        Blueprint

        Blueprint, with a new afterword

        Blueprint

        How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

        by Robert Plomin

        ISBN: 9780262537988

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: July 2, 2019

        A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.
        Chimeras and Consciousness

        Chimeras and Consciousness

        Chimeras and Consciousness

        Evolution of the Sensory Self

        Edited by Lynn Margulis, Celeste A. Asikainen and Wolfgang E. Krumbein

        ISBN: 9780262515832

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 22, 2011

        Scientists elucidate the astounding collective sensory capacity of Earth and its evolution through time.
        Modularity

        Modularity

        Modularity

        Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems

        Edited by Diego Rasskin-Gutman and Werner Callebaut

        Foreword by Herbert A. Simon

        With Konrad Lorenz Institute

        ISBN: 9780262513265

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 21, 2009

        Experts from diverse fields, including artificial life, cognitive science, economics, developmental and evolutionary biology, and the arts, discuss modularity.
        From Embryology to Evo-Devo

        From Embryology to Evo-Devo

        From Embryology to Evo-Devo

        A History of Developmental Evolution

        Edited by Jane Maienschein and Manfred D. Laubichler

        ISBN: 9780262513340

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 21, 2009

        Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and biologists explore the history of the idea that embryological development and evolution are linked.
        Integrating Evolution and Development

        Integrating Evolution and Development

        Integrating Evolution and Development

        From Theory to Practice

        Edited by Roger Sansom and Robert N. Brandon

        ISBN: 9780262693530

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 21, 2007

        Scholars argue for the importance of the developmental synthesis, or evo-devo, discussing the history and potential of this growing field of study and presenting specific case studies.
        Modeling Biology

        Modeling Biology

        Modeling Biology

        Structures, Behaviors, Evolution

        Edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller

        ISBN: 9780262538152

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 7, 2007

        Experts examine new modeling strategies for the interpretation of biological data and their integration into the conceptual framework of theoretical biology, detailing approaches that focus on morphology, development, behavior, or evolution.
        Environment, Development, and Evolution

        Environment, Development, and Evolution

        Environment, Development, and Evolution

        Toward a Synthesis

        Edited by Brian K. Hall, Roy D. Pearson and Gerd B. Müller

        ISBN: 9780262083195

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 24, 2003

        Leading researchers in evolutionary developmental biology seek linkages between, and a synthesis of, development, physiology, endocrinology, ecology, and evolution.
        Origination of Organismal Form

        Origination of Organismal Form

        Origination of Organismal Form

        Beyond the Gene in Developmental and Evolutionary Biology

        Edited by Gerd B. Müller and Saul A. Newman

        ISBN: 9780262134194

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: January 3, 2003

        A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of biological form as on its diversification.
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