Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life (The MIT Press) - Softcover

" Connie Barlow has chosen from the very best writings of some of the most articulate people of our times." -- Robert Ulanowicz, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland " A valuable introduction to many old controversies and a few new ones." -- "Nature" " Barlow's selection is broad-ranging and well-balanced. Teilhard de Chardin is bound together with Peter Medawar and Jacques Monod, Huxley with Simpson and William Provine. She has interspersed the scientific writings with pictures and poetry. As with all the best anthologies, if you dip into it you often find something surprising." -- Mark Ridley, "New Scientist" & quot; Connie Barlow has chosen from the very best writings of some of the most articulate people of our times.& quot; -- Robert Ulanowicz, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland & quot; A valuable introduction to many old controversies and a few new ones.& quot; -- Nature & quot; Barlow's selection is broad-ranging and well-balanced. Teilhard de Chardin is bound together with Peter Medawar and Jacques Monod, Huxley with Simpson and William Provine. She has interspersed the scientific writings with pictures and poetry. As with all the best anthologies, if you dip into it you often find something surprising.& quot; -- Mark Ridley, New Scientist "Connie Barlow has chosen from the very best writings of some of the most articulate people of our times." --Robert Ulanowicz, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland"A valuable introduction to many old controversies and a few new ones."--"Nature" "Barlow's selection is broad-ranging and well-balanced. Teilhard de Chardin is bound together with Peter Medawar and Jacques Monod, Huxley with Simpson and William Provine. She has interspersed the scientific writings with pictures and poetry. As with all the best anthologies, if you dip into it you often find something surprising."--Mark Ridley, "New Scientist"

As in her first well-received anthology, From Gaia to Selfish Genes, Connie Barlow has woven selections from the writings of biologists and philosophers into a unified whole. Once again she explores a range of viewpoints as she invites readers to formulate their own opinions. Editorial passages provide the historical context and introduce the debates that have ensued whenever evolutionary biology has been extended into the realm of meaning.