The Restless Clock： A History of the Centuries-Long Argument Over What Makes Living Things Tick

剧情简介：Today, a scientific explanation is not meant to ascribe agency to natural phenomena: we would not say a rock falls because it seeks the center of the earth. Even for living things, in the natural sciences and often in the social sciences, the same is true. A modern botanist would not say that plants pursue sunlight. This has not always been the case, nor, perhaps, was it inevit...(展开全部)

作者：Jessica Riskin

出版社：University Of Chicago Press

ISBN：9780226302928