Essays on Life Itself »

Robert Rosen was professor emeritus of biophysics at Dalhousie University and the author of books including Life Itself (Columbia 1991), Principles of Mathematical Biology, and Principles of Measurement.

Compiling twenty articles on the nature of life and on the objective of the natural sciences, this remarkable book complements Robert Rosen's groundbreaking Life Itself — a work that influenced a wide range of philosophers, biologists, linguists, and social scientists. In Essays on Life Itself, Rosen takes to task the central objective of the natural sciences, calling into question the attempt to create objectivity in a subjective world and forcing us to reconsider where science can lead us in the years to come.

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Contains a collection of philosopher and biologist Robert Rosen's post- essays, written for meetings, seminars, conferences, and workshops and, in some cases, previously published. Essays are divided into five sections: on biology and physics; on biology and the mind; on genericity; similarity and dissimilarity in biology; and on biology and technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)