Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached from an engineering perspective. In environmental contexts, this is exemplified in the pursuits of geoengineering, designer ecosystems, and conservation cloning. In human health contexts, it...

Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology provides a philosophical examination of what has been called the most powerful metaphor in biology: The machine metaphor. The chapters collected in this volume discuss the idea that living systems can be understood through the lens of engineering methods and machine metaphors from both historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives.In their contributions the authors examine questions about scientific ex...

HVIDSTEN GRUPPEN spillede en afgørende rolle under den danske modstandskamp. Gruppen opererede fra 1942-44, indtil den blev afsløret og taget af tyskerne. Otte af medlemmerne blev dømt til døden og henrettet.Axel Holms bog om Hvidsten Gruppen står som en af de stærkeste fortællinger om modstandskampen i Danmark. Den udkom første gang i november 1945, og blev i løbet af det første år trykt i over 30.000eksemplarer.Denne bog indeholder både Axel Holms originale bog om ...