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Principles of Animal Design

Principles of Animal Design The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate

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Publisher's Synopsis

The book discusses the controversial issue of whether animals are designed according to the same rules that engineers use in building machines, namely that materials and energy are used economically while attempting to achieve a high level of performance. There is considerable scientific controversy surrounding this question because, although there is much evidence suggesting that animals are indeed well designed, evolutionary biology tells us that animals are not 'engineered' but result from evolution by natural selection. This book collates this evidence which is discussed by a group of eminent biologists from many different biological disciplines.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521583701
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 571.31
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 314
Weight: 63g
Height: 237mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 23mm