Reviews for The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself

The average rating for The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-22 00:00:00 Bob Cslob Dense and fascinating reading, which argues that living organisms are a product not only of their genes (Darwinian machines) but are also of homeostatic systems (Bernard machines--named after Claude Bernard, who first described homeostasis ), such as, for example, the human gut.... Created sterile, it acquires bacteria during passage through the birth canal, and thereafter is literally shaped by diet and energy demand, and by the bacteria within. Turner also examines the skin, the skeleton, the brain, and etc., as homeostatic. All this ultimately argues, Turner says, for an "intentionality" in the design of organisms. Without weighing on whether I think he is right or wrong in this, I certainly can say that he set my mental gears spinning. This is one of the books that has changed the way I look at Darwinism and the natural world.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-06 00:00:00 stacey Lafata I love this book. The book is extremely interesting, brilliantly written with relevant illustrations. I learned lots of new things and gained a new perspective on the complex relationship between physiology, evolution, design and intent. The author has a sense of humour and assumes that his readers have brains - no baby language. PS: It is not a religious book or an Intelligent Design book or anything like that. It's science.