This volume examines the idea of levels of organization as a distinct object of investigation, considering its merits as a core organizational principle for the scientific image of the natural world. It approaches levels of organization—roughly, the idea that the natural world is segregated into part–whole relationships of increasing spatiotemporal scale and complexity—in terms of its rol…
"This book addresses basic and advanced questions surrounding the idea of levels or organization in the biological sciences"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.