Evolution, the Extended Synthesis
The Extended Synthesis
$87.63
- Paperback
504 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2010
Summary
Prominent evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey recent work that expands the core theoretical framework underlying the biological sciences.In the six decades since the publication of Julian Huxley’s Evolution- The Modern Synthesis, the spectacular empirical advances in the biological sciences have been accompanied by equally significant developments within the core theoretical framework of the discipline. As a result, evolutionary theory today includes concepts and even e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262513678 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262513676 |
| Author: | Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Müller, John Beatty, Sergey Gavrilets, David S. Wilson, Greg Wray, Michael Purugganan, Eva Jablonka |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 504 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
An impressive and provocative overview; it should become the focus of semester-long graduate student reading groups across the country, as it has at my home institution.
—Michael J. Wade, BioScienceAbout The Author
Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York.Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York.Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.David S. Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University and President of the Evolution Institute.Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.Marion J. Lamb was Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, before her retirement. Jablonka and Lamb are also the authors of Epigenetic Inheritance and EvolutionStuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College.Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York.The late Werner Callebaut was Scientific Manager of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Vienna, and Visiting Research Professor of Philosophy of Science at University of Vienna.
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