Peterson, Erik L. <br/><br/>
The life organic :  the Theoretical Biology Club and the roots of epigenetics / 
Erik L. Peterson. 
 - Pittsburgh, Pa. :  University of Pittsburgh Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The first generation of organicists --  Needham's revival of mechanism --  Socrates and the principia biolog? --  The tipping point --  Waddington and the organizer --  The original Theoretical Biology Club --  Large plans versus the ultimate littleness of things --  As many opinions as there are men --  "Off in all directions like an expanding universe" --  Mechanism reduced to molecules --  The Lysenko morality tale and the epigenetic landscape --  Ernst Mayr, neo-Darwinism, and beanbag genetics --  History of science is written by the laureates --  The 1960s reincarnation of the debate --  The conventional wisdom of the dominant group, or cowdung --  Conclusion : a third way after Waddington? --  Epilogue : is modern epigenetics organic? 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822981985 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Theoretical Biology Club.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology--Philosophy--History.<br/>Epigenetics--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH331  / .L544 2016