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1、TheThirdCulture-ContentsTheThirdCultureBeyondtheScientificRevolutionbyJohnBrockmanCONTENTSBOOKSBYJOHNBROCKMANACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTION"TheEmergingThirdCulture"Thethirdcultureconsistsofthosescientistsandotherthinkersintheempiricalworldwho,throughtheirworkandexpositorywriting,aretakingtheplaceofthe
2、traditionalintellectualinrenderingvisiblethedeepermeaningsofourlives,redefiningwhoandwhatweare.PARTONE:THEEVOLUTIONARYIDEAfile:///E
3、/documents/ThirdCulture/d-Contents.html(1of15)[13-08-200221:33:31]TheThirdCulture-ContentsChapter1.GEORGEC.WILLIAMS"APackageofInformation"Thegeneisapackageofinformatio
4、n,notanobject.ThepatternofbasepairsinaDNAmoleculespecifiesthegene.ButtheDNAmoleculeisthemedium,it'snotthemessage.Maintainingthisdistinctionbetweenthemediumandthemessageisabsolutelyindispensabletoclarityofthoughtaboutevolution.Chapter2.STEPHENJAYGOULD"ThePatternofLife'sHistory"Thereisnoprogressinevo
5、lution.Thefactofevolutionarychangethroughtimedoesn'trepresentprogressasweknowit.Progressisn'tinevitable.Muchofevolutionisdownwardintermsofmorphologicalcomplexity,ratherthanupward.We'renotmarchingtowardsomegreaterthing.Chapter3.RICHARDDAWKINSfile:///E
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7、3-08-200221:33:31]TheThirdCulture-Contents"ASurvivalMachine"Itrapidlybecamecleartomethatthemostimaginativewayoflookingatevolution,andthemostinspiringwayofteachingit,wastosaythatit'sallaboutthegenes.It'sthegenesthat,fortheirowngood,aremanipulatingthebodiestheyrideaboutin.Theindividualorganismisasurv
8、ivalmachineforitsgenes.Chapter4.BRIANGOODWIN"BiologyIsJustaDance"The"new"biologyisbiologyintheformofanexactscienceofcomplexsystemsconcernedwithdynamicsandemergentorder.Theneverythinginbiologychanges.Insteadofthemetaphorsofconflict,competition,selfishgenes,climbingpeaksinfitnesslandscapes,whatyouget
9、isevolutionasadance.Ithasnogoal.AsStephenJayGouldsays,ithasnopurpose,noprogress,nosenseofdirection.It'sadancethroughmorphospace,thespaceoftheformsoforganisms.file:///E
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