The Codes of Life - The Rules of Macroevolution (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Building on a range of disciplines - from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics - this book draws on the expertise of leading names in the study of organic, mental and cultural codes brought together by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics. The book's 18 chapters present a range of experimental evidence which suggests that the genetic code was only the first in a long series of organic codes, and that it has been the appearance of new codes - organic, mental and cultural - that paved the way for the major transitions in the history of life. While the existence of many organic codes has been proposed since the 1980s, this volume represents the first multi-authored attempt to deal with the range of codes relevant to life, and to reveal the ubiquitous role of coding mechanisms in both organic and mental evolution. This creates the conditions for a synthesis of biology and linguistics that finally overcomes the old divide between nature and culture.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Biosemiotics, 1
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	2008
Editors:	Marcello Barbieri
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	440
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-6339-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General
LSN:	1-4020-6339-3
Barcode:	9781402063398

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