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Just as the slime mold is one of the best-studied examples of cooperative behavior, the future of biology calls for greater inter-disciplinary collaboration, according to a National Research Council Committee on the direction of the field. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this report presents findings relating to questions of how basic concepts (e.g., the diversity of life) and theory drive advances (such as the discovery of new life forms) in subdisciplines. Committee recommendations include greater: attention to the conceptual and theoretical components of basic research, funding for interdisciplinary proposals, and access to biological data sets. The report includes interesting boxed material and illustrations, and a list of the committee members, but is not indexed. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
