TY - BOOK AU - Peterson,Erik L. TI - The life organic: the Theoretical Biology Club and the roots of epigenetics SN - 9780822981985 AV - QH331 .L544 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Pittsburgh, Pa. PB - University of Pittsburgh Press KW - Theoretical Biology Club KW - Biology KW - Philosophy KW - History KW - Epigenetics KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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?; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1456694&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -