Darwinian populations and natural selection / Peter Godfrey-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godfrey-Smith, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural selection.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 207 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book presents a new way of understanding Darwinism and evolution by natural selection, combining work in biology, philosophy, and other fields. It gives new criticisms of gene-centered views of evolution, and presents a new framework for understanding the evolution of complex organisms and societies. - ;In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called ""natural selection,"" a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of the natural world, and science and philosoph

Contents:

Natural selection and its representation

Variation, selection, and origins

Reproduction and individuality

Bottlenecks, germ lines, and queen bees

Levels and transitions

The gene's eye view

Cultural evolution.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-181035-5

1-282-05339-6

9786612053399

0-19-156778-7

OCLC:

373185464