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Adaptation and Natural Selection : A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought / George C. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Geo. C. (George C.), author.
- Series:
- Princeton science library.
- Princeton Science Library ; 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Natural selection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages).
- Edition:
- New princeton science library edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Biological evolution is a fact-but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection-the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams's famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over group selection has become a classic of science literature, valued for its thorough and convincing argument and its relevance to many fields outside of biology. Now with a new foreword by Richard Dawkins, Adaptation and Natural Selection is an essential text for understanding the nature of scientific debate.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface (1996)
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction
- CHAPTER 2. Natural Selection, Adaptation, and Progress
- CHAPTER 3. Natural Selection, Ecology, and Morphogenesis
- CHAPTER 4. Group Selection
- CHAPTER 5. Adaptations of the Genetic System
- CHAPTER 6. Reproductive Physiology and Behavior
- CHAPTER 7. Social Adaptations
- CHAPTER 8. Other Supposedly Group-Related Adaptations
- CHAPTER 9. The Scientific Study of Adaptation
- Literature Cited
- Index
- Princeton Science Library
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1966. With new foreword. [First] Princeton science library edition, with new preface by the author, ©1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780691185507
- 0691185506
- OCLC:
- 1080649008
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