LEADER 04026nam 22005415 450 001 9910878975903321 005 20250807124833.0 010 $a3-662-69423-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-662-69423-7 035 $a(CKB)33831040500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31618998 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31618998 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-662-69423-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933831040500041 100 $a20240826d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRelativity of Evolution /$fby Markus Knoflacher 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (704 pages) 311 08$a3-662-69422-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1. Why this book? -- Chapter 2. Darwin's Long Shadow -- Chapter 3. Where Can We Find Approaches to Understanding Evolutionary Processes? -- Chapter 4. Perplexing Cats and Demons: Pointers to the Quantum-Physical Foundations of Life -- Chapter 5. General Characteristics and Properties of Organic Life -- Chapter 6. Information Processes -- Chapter 7. Biological Energy Transformation -- Chapter 8. Imbalances: Sources of All Change -- Chapter 9. Biological Evolutionary Lineages in Marine Habitats of the Phanerozoic -- Chapter 10. Biological Evolutionary Lineages in Terrestrial Habitats in the Phanerozoic -- Chapter 11. Epilogue. 330 $aThis book focuses primarily on evolutionary processes (rather than evolutionary history). Topics covered are abiotic framework conditions, morphology and physiology of living organisms, fossil and molecular evidence of evolutionary developments. The basic processes of biological evolution are already established in unicellular organisms. Evolutionary options for multicellular organisms arise in a simplified way from the usable energetic transformation potentials and the dynamics of abiotic and biotic interactions. Evolutionary processes of multicellular organisms are therefore predominantly determined by the conditions of the surrounding systems. This is most clearly shown by comparisons of the evolutionary development of vertebrates under marine and terrestrial conditions. For reasons of efficiency alone, no single species can have the equipment to capture and sustainably shape the surrounding systems in the long term. Depending on the available energetic transformation potentials, a single species is very well able to change the surrounding systems - but without being able to capture the resulting long-term consequences. This gives rise to fundamentally new questions for the design and limits of social action that makes sense in the long term. This book is a translation of an updated and revised version of the original German work: Relativität der Evolution, ISBN 978-3-662-63936-8. Translated by Robert D. Martin. The Author Dr. Markus Knoflacher studied Zoology and Botany at the University of Vienna in Austria and acquired a doctoral degree in philosophy. His professional career in extra-university institutions was focussed on interdisciplinary research tackled from the perspective of systems theory. After retirement he conducts research as an independent scientist. 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aEvolution$xReligious aspects 606 $aEvolutionary Biology 606 $aEvolutionary Theory 606 $aEvolutionary Studies 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 0$aEvolution$xReligious aspects. 615 14$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aEvolutionary Theory. 615 24$aEvolutionary Studies. 676 $a575 700 $aKnoflacher$b Helmut Markus$01846408 702 $aMartin$b Robert D. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910878975903321 996 $aRelativity of Evolution$94430873 997 $aUNINA