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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

A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and the philosophy of science.

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.

The Next 500 Years

Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds

by Christopher E. Mason

ISBN: 9780262543842

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 12, 2022

An argument that we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems—because human life on Earth has an expiration date.

CRISPR People

The Science and Ethics of Editing Humans

by Henry T. Greely

ISBN: 9780262543880

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 1, 2022

What does the birth of babies whose embryos have gone through genome editing mean—for science and for all of us?

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.

Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

Edited by Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco and William C. Wimsatt

ISBN: 9780262045339

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 24, 2021

Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.

Technologies of the Human Corpse

by John Troyer

ISBN: 9780262542319

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

The relationship of the dead body with technology through history, from nineteenth-century embalming machines to the death-prevention technologies of today.