The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory write by Robert Brandon. This book was released on 2019-12-31. The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this Element, we extend our earlier treatment of biology's first law. The law says that in any evolutionary system in which there is variation and heredity, there is a tendency for diversity and complexity to increase. The law plays the same role in biology that Newton's first law plays in physics, explaining what biological systems are expected to do when no forces act, in other words, what happens when nothing happens. Here we offer a deeper explanation of certain features of the law, develop a quantitative version of it, and explore its consequences for our understanding of diversity and complexity.
The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory
The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory write by Robert Brandon. This book was released on 2020-01-31. The Missing Two-Thirds of Evolutionary Theory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this Element, we extend our earlier treatment of biology's first law. The law says that in any evolutionary system in which there is variation and heredity, there is a tendency for diversity and complexity to increase. The law plays the same role in biology that Newton's first law plays in physics, explaining what biological systems are expected to do when no forces act, in other words, what happens when nothing happens. Here we offer a deeper explanation of certain features of the law, develop a quantitative version of it, and explore its consequences for our understanding of diversity and complexity.
Biology's First Law
Biology's First Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biology's First Law write by Daniel W. McShea. This book was released on 2010-07-15. Biology's First Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation—the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity—the great variety of organisms; and complexity—the enormous intricacy of their internal structure. Natural selection explains adaptation. But what explains diversity and complexity? Daniel W. McShea and Robert N. Brandon argue that there exists in evolution a spontaneous tendency toward increased diversity and complexity, one that acts whether natural selection is present or not. They call this tendency a biological law—the Zero-Force Evolutionary Law, or ZFEL. This law unifies the principles and data of biology under a single framework and invites a reconceptualization of the field of the same sort that Newton’s First Law brought to physics. Biology’s First Law shows how the ZFEL can be applied to the study of diversity and complexity and examines its wider implications for biology. Intended for evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, and other scientists studying complex systems, and written in a concise and engaging format that speaks to students and interdisciplinary practitioners alike, this book will also find an appreciative audience in the philosophy of science.
Billions of Missing Links
Billions of Missing Links - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Billions of Missing Links write by Simmons, Geoffrey. This book was released on . Billions of Missing Links available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Maximus the Confessor and Evolutionary Biology
Maximus the Confessor and Evolutionary Biology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maximus the Confessor and Evolutionary Biology write by Andrew P. Jackson. This book was released on 2024-11-04. Maximus the Confessor and Evolutionary Biology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book brings Maximus the Confessor’s logoi doctrine into dialogue with modern-day evolutionary biology. It explores the extent to which the logoi, as described by Maximus, exhibit features that are concordant with evolution before going on to consider more discordant aspects that cannot be ignored. The author addresses the curious resonance between the logoi and evolution in a systematic way through a close reading of primary textual material allied with a deep understanding of both the classical Darwinian and ‘extended’ evolutionary syntheses. The study joins with other Maximian interpreters in attesting to the incarnational and theophanic nature of the logoi, but seeks to extend this distinctively Eastern Christo-cosmology into the problematic territory of biological evolution, a territory historically dominated by Western scholarship. The book will be of interest to scholars of religion and science, as well as Patristics and the Eastern Orthodox theological traditions.
