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Presents revised and updated essays written by the 1998 winners of the James S. McDonnell Centennial...
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Presents revised and updated essays written by the 1998 winners of the James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowships, which awards money for research in human cognition, astrophysics and cosmology, human genetics, global and complex systems, and history and the philosophy of science. Topics explored include dialogue between philosophy and neuroscience on the nature of spectral vision; disease and the biomedical sciences in the 20th century; untangling complexity in ecological systems; and the ocean's role in climate. Distributed by the National Academy Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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