This work is developed from his earlier research (in his Cambridge doctoral dissertation, 1974) on the use of biological analogies in design.
Call it "shrinking habitat," if you want to use a biological analogy.
The efficient market hypothesis comes under attack in this book using biological and evolutionary analogies.
Robert L. Bryant, a mathematician at Duke who was not involved in the project, gave a biological analogy.
Therefore, Witt is skeptical about the use of biological analogies in explaining the evolution of the economy.
Classical functionalist theory is generally united by its tendency towards biological analogy and notions of social evolutionism.
The world of computer networks has not yet produced the most telling biological analogy - evolution.
The use of biological analogy, in particular, proved very popular in explaining all kinds of social problems.
It was a cultural process with no very good physical or biological analogy.