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Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence
| Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.801 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Chance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Charles Darwin
chance contingency evolution genetic drift history of biology macroevolution mutation natural selection |
| ISBN | 0-226-40191-X |
| Classificazione | WH 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chance in Evolution from Darwin to Contemporary Biology -- 1. Contingency, Chance, and Randomness in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Biology -- 2. Chance and Chances in Darwin's Early Theorizing and in Darwinian Theory Today -- 3. Chance in the Modern Synthesis -- 4. Is it Providential, by Chance? Christian Objections to the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution -- 5. Does Darwinian Evolution Mean We Are Here by Chance? -- 6. The Reference Class Problem in Evolutionary Biology: Distinguishing Selection from Drift -- 7. Weak Randomness at the Origin of Biological Variation: The Case of Genetic Mutations -- 8. Parallel Evolution: What Does It (Not) Tell Us and Why Is It (Still) Interesting? -- 9. Contingent Evolution: Not by Chance Alone -- 10. History's Windings in a Flask: Microbial Experiments into Evolutionary Contingency -- 11. Rolling the Dice Twice: Evolving Reconstructed Ancient Proteins in Extant Organisms -- 12. Wonderful Life Revisited: Chance and Contingency in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838253403321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Not by design [[electronic resource] ] : retiring Darwin's watchmaker / / John O. Reiss
| Not by design [[electronic resource] ] : retiring Darwin's watchmaker / / John O. Reiss |
| Autore | Reiss John O. <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural selection
Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics Intelligent design (Teleology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aristotle
biology charles darwin christianity conceptual framework conservation biology darwin ecology evo devo evolution evolutionary biology evolutionary explanation evolutionary theory existence experiments genetic drift genetic load intelligent design materialism natural evolution natural selection on the origin of species physiology plato quantitative genetics rational theology socrates structure of the universe teleology theoretical universe as a watch william paley |
| ISBN |
1-282-36101-5
9786612361012 0-520-94440-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: BEYOND THE DESIGN METAPHOR -- PART ONE. PROLEGOMENA -- PART TWO. HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS? FROM SOCRATES AND LUCRETIUS TO CUVIER AND DARWIN -- PART THREE. EVOLUTION IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS: TELEOLOGY GETS MATHEMATICAL -- PART FOUR. THE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Evolutionary Biology and Intelligent Design -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778430303321 |
Reiss John O. <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Not by design [[electronic resource] ] : retiring Darwin's watchmaker / / John O. Reiss
| Not by design [[electronic resource] ] : retiring Darwin's watchmaker / / John O. Reiss |
| Autore | Reiss John O. <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural selection
Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary genetics Intelligent design (Teleology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aristotle
biology charles darwin christianity conceptual framework conservation biology darwin ecology evo devo evolution evolutionary biology evolutionary explanation evolutionary theory existence experiments genetic drift genetic load intelligent design materialism natural evolution natural selection on the origin of species physiology plato quantitative genetics rational theology socrates structure of the universe teleology theoretical universe as a watch william paley |
| ISBN |
1-282-36101-5
9786612361012 0-520-94440-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: BEYOND THE DESIGN METAPHOR -- PART ONE. PROLEGOMENA -- PART TWO. HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS MESS? FROM SOCRATES AND LUCRETIUS TO CUVIER AND DARWIN -- PART THREE. EVOLUTION IN MENDELIAN POPULATIONS: TELEOLOGY GETS MATHEMATICAL -- PART FOUR. THE CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Evolutionary Biology and Intelligent Design -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817131303321 |
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Reiss John O. <1961->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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