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Organisms and artifacts :design in nature and elsewhere
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Lewens, Tim.

"A Bradford Book."In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of the language of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology uses descriptive and explanatory terms more suited to artifacts than organisms. When biologists discuss, for example, the purpose of the panda's thumb and look for functional explanations for organic traits, they…

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9780262278270
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1 online resource (xi, 183 pages).
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