Evelyn Fox Keller

Broschiertes Buch

The Mirage of a Space between Nature and Nurture

Beschreibung

The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence.

Autor

Evelyn Fox Keller (1936-2023) was Emerita Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was the author of numerous books, including Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines; The Century of the Gene; Reflections on Gender and Science; and A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock. She has been awarded many academic and professional honors, including a Blaise Pascal Research Chair by the PrÉfecture de la RÉgion D'Ile-de-France for 2005–07, membership in the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 176g
• ISBN-13: 9780822347316
• ISBN-10: 0822347318
• Artikelnr.: 29989846