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The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick
The Restless Clock A History of the CenturiesLong Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick
Author: Jessica Riskin
Today, a scientific explanation is not meant to ascribe agency to natural phenomena: we would not say a rock falls because it seeks the center of the earth. Even for living things, in the natural sciences and often in the social sciences, the same is true. A modern botanist would not say that plants pursue sunlight. This has not always been the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226302928
ISBN-10: 022630292X
Publication Date: 12/7/2015
Pages: 544
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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