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Properties of Life

Properties of Life

Properties of Life

Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology

by Bernd Rosslenbroich

ISBN: 9780262546201

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 19, 2023

Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Evolution "On Purpose"

Evolution "On Purpose"

Evolution "On Purpose"

Teleonomy in Living Systems

Edited by Peter A. Corning, Stuart A Kauffman, Denis Noble, James A. Shapiro, Richard I. Vane-Wright and Addy Pross

ISBN: 9780262546409

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 22, 2023

Forthcoming from the MIT Press
Methuselah’s Zoo

Methuselah's Zoo

Methuselah's Zoo

What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives

by Steven N. Austad

ISBN: 9780262547178

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 15, 2023

Stories of long-lived animal species—from thousand-year-old tubeworms to 400-year-old sharks—and what they might teach us about human health and longevity.
Evolvability

Evolvability

Evolvability

A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?

Edited by Thomas F. Hansen, David Houle, Mihaela Pavličev and Christophe Pélabon

ISBN: 9780262545624

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 27, 2023

Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science.
Salvador Luria

Salvador Luria

Salvador Luria

An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America

by Rena Selya

ISBN: 9780262046466

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 25, 2022

The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.
Model Systems in Biology

Model Systems in Biology

Model Systems in Biology

History, Philosophy, and Practical Concerns

by Georg Striedter

ISBN: 9780262046947

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 2, 2022

How biomedical research using various animal species and in vitro cellular systems has resulted in both major successes and translational failure.
Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology

Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology

Mathematical Modeling in Systems Biology

An Introduction

by Brian P. Ingalls

ISBN: 9780262545822

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 7, 2022

An introduction to the mathematical concepts and techniques needed for the construction and analysis of models in molecular systems biology.
The Individual in the Animal Kingdom

The Individual in the Animal Kingdom

The Individual in the Animal Kingdom

by Julian S. Huxley

Foreword by Richard Gawne and Jacobus J. Boomsma

ISBN: 9780262045377

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 26, 2022

The groundbreaking first book by a major evolutionary biologist, published in 1912, that anticipated current thinking about organismal complexity.
Biofabrication

Biofabrication

Biofabrication

by Ritu Raman

ISBN: 9780262542968

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 14, 2021

How engineered materials and machines powered by living biological cells can tackle technological challenges in medicine, agriculture, and global security.
Rethinking Cancer

Rethinking Cancer

Rethinking Cancer

A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era

Edited by Bernhard Strauss, Marta Bertolaso, Ingemar Ernberg and Mina J. Bissell

ISBN: 9780262045216

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 27, 2021

Leading scientists argue for a new paradigm for cancer research, proposing a complex systems view of cancer supported by empirical evidence.
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