The Codes of Life The Rules of Macroevolution /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barbieri, Marcello (Editor), Hoffmeyer, Jesper (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Biosemiotics, 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biology > Philosophy.; Coding theory.; Biochemistry.; Evolutionary biology.; Semantics.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Philosophy of Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Coding and Information Theory.

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...