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Stuart Kauffman
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Stuart Alan Kauffman is an American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, Univ
Stuart Kauffman in April 2010
Stuart Kauffman in April 2010
Structuralism (biology)
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Biological or process structuralism is a school of biological thought that objects to an exclusively Darwinian or adaptationist explanation of natural selection such as is described in the 20th centur
Stuart Kauffman
…that "Teleonomy in living systems is not, after all, only "apparent". It is a fundamental fact of life." With respect to molecular biology, Kauffman's structuralist approach has been criticized for ignoring the role of energy in driving biochemical reactions in cells, which can fairly be called self-catalyzing but…
In his 1917 book On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson illustrates the geometric transformation of one fish's body form into another with a 20° shear ma
In his 1917 book On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson illustrates the geometric transformation of one fish's body form into another with a 20° shear mapping. He does not discuss the evolutionary causes of such a structural change, and has accordingly been suspected of vitalism.
Dickinsonia fossil described as a "pneu" structure with chambers inflated like a quilted air mattress. In Adolf Seilacher's structuralist view, the st
Dickinsonia fossil described as a "pneu" structure with chambers inflated like a quilted air mattress. In Adolf Seilacher's structuralist view, the structure is determined mechanically by the need to distribute the tension across the surface, rather than having been guided by natural selection.
An ornamented bridge spandrel. Steven J. Gould and Richard Lewontin argued that the triangular area is a byproduct of the adaptation of structures aro
An ornamented bridge spandrel. Steven J. Gould and Richard Lewontin argued that the triangular area is a byproduct of the adaptation of structures around it.
Natural patterns like those on the skin of the Giant pufferfish can be created by spatial oscillations of chemical signals.
Natural patterns like those on the skin of the Giant pufferfish can be created by spatial oscillations of chemical signals.