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Professor Brian Goodwin (1931-2009) was a visionary biologist, mathematician and philosopher. Understanding organisms as dynamics wholes, he worked to develop an alternate view to extreme Darwinism based solely on genetic factors. He was a pioneer in the field of theoretical biology; in later years was made a founding fellow at Schumacher College near Totnes, England, where he taught holistic science and wrote his final book, Nature's Due: Healing our Fragmented Culture.This new book is a tribute to the life and work of Brian Goodwin. It includes contributions from eminent scholars and academics around the world, addressing his work on pattern and form in biology, and the metaphysical principles that guided him. It also includes an interview with Goodwin which offers new insights into his thinking.The book honours both his work and personal memories of a much loved and respected colleague.Contributors include: Stuart Kauffman, Lewis Wolpert, Fritjof Capra, Margaret Boden, Michael Ruse, Fred Cummings, Mae-wan Ho, Philip Franses, Stephan Harding, Nick Monk, Claudio Stern and Johannes Jaeger
Contents
IntroductionSection 1: Personal MemoriesBrian Goodwin, The Magical Black Knight -- Stuart KauffmanBrian Goodwin -- Lewis WolpertBrian Goodwin at Sussex in the 1970s: personal reminiscences -- Claudio D. SternInterview with Brian Goodwin #1 -- Stephan HardingSection 2: Evolutionary Biology and PhilosophyBiology without Darwinian Spectacles -- Brian GoodwinForm and Function in Biology: Placing Brian Goodwin -- Michael RuseEpigenetics and Generative Dynamics: How Development Directs Evolution -- Mae-Wan HoDarwinian Spectacles and other 'Ways of Seeing' Evolution -- Craig Millar and David LambertFrom Goethe to Goodwin, via von Foerster -- Maggie BodenInterview with Brian Goodwin #2Stephan HardingSection 3: Theoretical BiologyComplexity and Life -- Fritjof CapraAnswering to the Future: Ambiguity in Living Processes and the Language of its Resolution-- Philip FransesKeeping the Gene in its Place -- Johannes Jaeger and Nick MonkOn Coupling of Pattern and Geometry in Embryos -- F.W. CummingsInterview with Brian Goodwin #3 -- Stephan Harding