Modeling Biology: Structures, Behaviors, Evolution (Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology) [Hardcover]

Manfred D. Laubichler (Editor), Gerd B. Müller (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2007 | ISBN-10: 026212291X | ISBN-13: 978-0262122917 | Edition: 1

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Modeling Biology explores the epistemic role of a wide variety of models and modeling practices in contemporary biology. Using examples from current research in morphology, development, behavior, and evolution, the contributors offer critical reflections on the intricate interplay of experiment and model-building, as creative imaginations equipped with the power of modern computing search for the patterns that underlie and inform the complex variety of the living world. In a nice twist, the authors show how models have grown and evolved with their subjects, thus taking on their own form of life."--Michael S. Mahoney, Program in History of Science, Princeton University

About the Author

Manfred D. Laubichler is Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the School of Life Sciences and Centers for Biology and Society and Social Dynamics and Complexity at Arizona State University.He is the coeditor of From Embryology to Evo-Devo (MIT Press, 2007). Gerd B. Muller is Professor of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and Chairman of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research. He is a coeditor of Origination of Organismal Form (MIT Press, 2003) and Modeling Biology (MIT Press, 2007).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 408 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (September 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 026212291X
• ISBN-13: 978-0262122917
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)