Science as a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology - Hardcover

Moore, John A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067479480X ISBN 13: 9780674794801

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1993

Synopsis

For the past twenty-five years John Moore has taught biology instructors how to teach biology--by emphasizing the questions people have asked about life through the ages and the ways natural philosophers and scientists have sought the answers. This book makes Moore's uncommon wisdom available to students in a lively and richly illustrated account of the history and workings of life. Employing a breadth of rhetoric strategies--including vividly written case histories, hypotheses and deductions, and chronological narrative--Science as a Way of Knowing provides not only a cultural history of biology but also a splendid introduction to the procedures and values of science.

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About the Author

John A. Moore was the author of numerous textbooks in genetics and development and Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of California, Riverside.

Reviews

From the Greeks onward, our written records show that humankind has tried to answer "simple" questions--what is life, how does it reproduce, and why is there such diversity in plants and animals. Moore, professor emeritus of biology at the University of California at Riverside, traces these questions in history (primarily the 19th and 20th centuries) and their partial solution by biology. The result is a lucid, lengthy intellectual history of biology into which is woven information on geology, theology, people, equipment, and lab technique. Moore clearly explains biological terms, and he uses illustrations in the second part to help clarify biological processes. Much of this material appeared previously in eight essays in the American Zoologist. Recommended for all collections. --Michael D. Cramer, Viriginia Polytechnic & State Univ. Libs., Blacksburg
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Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067479480X
• ISBN 13: 9780674794801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544