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Biological Robustness

Emerging Perspectives from within the Life Sciences de

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History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Paru le : 2019-01-04

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This volume reviews examples and notions of robustness at several levels of biological organization. It tackles many philosophical and conceptual issues and casts an outlook on the future challenges of robustness studies in the context of a practice-oriented philosophy of science. The focus of discussion is on concrete case studies. These highlight the necessity of a level-dependent description of robust biological behaviors.Experts from the neurosciences, biochemistry, ecology, biology, and the history and the philosophy of life sciences provide a multiplex perspective on the topic. Contributions span from protein folding, to cell-level robustness, to organismal and developmental robustness, to sensorimotor systems, up to the robustness of ecological systems.Several chapters detail neurobiological case-studies. The brain, the poster child of plasticity in biology, offers multiple examples of robustness. Neurobiology explores the importance of temporal organization and multiscalarity in making this robustness-with-plasticity possible. The discussion also includes structures well beyond the brain, such as muscles and the complex feedback loops involved in the peculiar robustness of music perception. Overall, the volume grounds general reflections upon concrete case studies, opening to all the life sciences but also to non-biological and bio-inspired fields such as post-modern engineering. It will appeal to researchers, students, as well as non-expert readers.
Pages
258 pages
Collection
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Parution
2019-01-04
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783030011970
EAN PDF
9783030011987
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2
Nombre pages imprimables
25
Taille du fichier
5007 Ko
Prix
89,99 €
EAN EPUB
9783030011987
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
25
Taille du fichier
10660 Ko
Prix
89,99 €

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