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Evolutionary Causation
A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.Most scientific …
The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
Drawing on recent advances in evolutionary biology, prominent scholars return to the question posed in a pathbreaking book: how evolution itself evolved.In 1995, John Maynard Smith …
Origination of Organismal Form
A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of biological form as on its diversification.The field of evolutionary biology arose from the …
Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds
Investigations into the relationship between organism and artifacts from the perspective of functionality.The notion of function is an integral part of thinking in both biology and …
Vivarium
The scientific achievements and forgotten legacy of a major Austrian research institute, from its founding in 1902 to its wartime destruction in 1945.The Biologische …
Contingency and Convergence
Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere?In this book, Russell Powell investigates …