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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Telmo Pievani , Michael Gerard Kenyon , Ian TattersallPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780262047418ISBN 10: 0262047411 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 11 October 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsForeword ix Ian Tattersall 1 A Subtle Imperfection: and So It All Began 1 2 Imperfect Evolution 17 3 Imperfections that Work 39 4 The Imprint of Uselessness in DNA 65 5 A Proverbial Jumble: The Human Brain 83 6 The Imperfect Sage 103 7 Would You Buy a Secondhand Car from a Homo Sapiens? 121 In Conclusion, the Laws of Imperfection 143 References and Further Reading 151 Index 159ReviewsImperfection takes the reader on a convincing whirlwind tour of the dangers as well as the impossibility of perfection, how imperfection is built into the nature of the universe, and into all living things-including ourselves... a perfect way to begin understanding our imperfect world. - Wall Street Journal Author InformationTelmo Pievani is Full Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Padua, where he covers the first Italian chair of Philosophy of Biological Sciences. A leading science communicator and columnist for Il Corriere della Sera, he is the author of The Unexpected Life, Creation without God, Serendipity, and other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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