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The restless clock

a history of the centuries-long argument over what makes living things tick

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An edition of The restless clock (2016)

The restless clock

a history of the centuries-long argument over what makes living things tick

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The University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
548

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Subjects
Science, Life (Biology), Vitalism, Philosophy, Mechanism (Philosophy), Mechanism (philosophy), Life (biology), Science, philosophy

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The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick
Feb 08, 2018, University of Chicago Press
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The restless clock: a history of the centuries-long argument over what makes living things tick
2016, The University of Chicago Press
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Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick
2016, University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Huxley's joke, or the problem of agency in nature and science
Machines in the garden
Descartes among the machines
The passive telescope or the restless clock
The first androids
The adventures of Mr. Machine
Dilemmas of a self-organizing machine
Darwin between the machines
The mechanical egg and the intelligent egg
Outside in
History matters.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-531) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
147
Library of Congress
Q175.32.V65 R57 2015, Q175.32.V65R57 2015, Q175.32.V65 R57 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 548 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
548

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OL27203389M
Internet Archive
restlessclockhis0000risk
ISBN 10
022630292X
ISBN 13
9780226302928
LCCN
2015019941
OCLC/WorldCat
907147512

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