Evolution extended : biological debates on the meaning of life / edited by Connie Barlow.

Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1994], ©1994.

x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: CMB

Is evolution going anywhere? Prophets of progress: Julian Huxley ; Francisco J. Ayala ; Edward O. Wilson ; The naysayers: George Gaylord Simpson ; John Tyler Bonner ; David Raup -- Tools and metaphors of evolution. Wedges, arms races, and the role of strife: Charles Darwin ; Richard Dawkins ; Governors, tinkerers, and the role of synergy: Gregory Bateson ; François Jacob ; Lynn Margulis and Mark McMenamin ; Peter A. Corning ; Ratchets, Uroboros, and the role of initiative: Jacob Bronowski ; Alister Hardy ; Karl Popper -- Embracing the cosmos. Cosmic visions: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ; Julian Huxley ; Banishing cosmic meaning: Peter Medawar ; Jacques Monod ; Beyond the binary: Connie Barlow ; Dorion Sagan ; Connie Barlow and M. Mitchell Waldrop -- Evolution and religion. Evolution as religion: Edward O. Wilson ; Julian Huxley ; Alister Hardy ; John C. Greene ; Responding to creationism: Henry M. Morris ; Charles Darwin ; Theodosius Dobzhansky ; Pope John Paul II ; John C. Greene ; George Gaylord Simpson ; William Provine ; Martin Eger ; Richard D. Alexander ; U.S. Supreme Court ; Science into myth: Jeffrey Wicken ; Brian Swimme ; Laurence Levine

Includes bibliographic references (p. [305]-312) and index