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Life: A Modern Invention
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Life: A Modern Invention

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The word biology
was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Circumventing tired debates about the validity of science and the truth of Darwinian evolution, Tarizzo instead envisions a profound paradigm shift in philosophical and scientific concepts of biological life.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Country
United States
Date
1 March 2018
Pages
248
ISBN
9780816691623

The word biology
was first used to describe the scientific study of life in 1802, and as Davide Tarizzo demonstrates, our understanding of what being alive means is an equally recent invention. Circumventing tired debates about the validity of science and the truth of Darwinian evolution, Tarizzo instead envisions a profound paradigm shift in philosophical and scientific concepts of biological life.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Country
United States
Date
1 March 2018
Pages
248
ISBN
9780816691623