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Author : Arend Lourens Hagedoorn,Anna Cornelia (Vorstheuvel La Brand) Hagedoorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Evolution
ISBN : OCLC:913776288
Author : Arend Lourens Hagedoorn,Anna Cornelia (Vorstheuvel La Brand) Hagedoorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Evolution
ISBN : UOM:39015069736117
Author : Arend Lourens Hagedoorn,A. C. Hagedoorn-Vorstheuvel La Brand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Evolution
ISBN : OCLC:8910336
Author : Arend L. Hagedoorn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0484313371
Excerpt from The Relative Value of the Processes Causing Evolution But at times the feeling will not down, that a great number of eminent and able Biologists utterly fail to understand in how far their results have value in themselves, and in how far they are but building-stones. Many do not seem to see, that, without a timely attempt to utilize their results in construct ing a coherent whole of a higher order much detail is utterly wasted, being without significance in itself. It is very evident that many fail to see the forest because of all the trees. There is no real spirit of subordination of the different genet ical investigations to the main problems of evolution, in the work of any but Bateson and a few others. What we need from time to time, is to pause, and try to see' what all the others are doing, where they are going, what work is left undone, and where work is unnecessarily duplicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : NA Hagedoorn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401745641
THE origin of species, the way in which evolution has taken place and is still progressing, seems, even now, to remain an open question. So much so, that three absolutely diverse theo ries of evolution still find their adherents. These three main theories are so different, that it would seem as if the real na ture of the process of species-formation must for ever remain a subject for speculation only, and as if good facts are wholly wanting. A minority of Biologists adhere to Lamarck's theory of the inheritance of adaptative changes induced by the environ ment; some incline to the view of Darwin and Weismann, that natural selection on· small, individual variations gradually changes species, and still others believe with de Vries, that new species spring into being spontaneously, by mutation, saltation. Judging from this diversity of opinion, it would certainly seem as if no important headway had been made since Darwin. This is very surprising, when we see how in the last fifteen years Genetics has become established as an actively develop ing branch of science, and counts by hundreds the Biolo gists who are engaged in genetical experimental investigations. All the data thus acquired, should have their significance for an insight into the process of evolution, the origin of species.
Author : NA Hagedoorn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401747288
Author : Stefan Linquist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351911351
The impact of evolutionary theory on the philosophy of science has been no less profound than its impact on the science of biology itself. Advances in this theory provide a rich set of examples for thinking about the nature of scientific explanation and the structure of science. Many of the developments in our understanding of evolution resulted from contributions by both philosophers and biologists engaging over theoretical questions of mutual interest. This volume traces some of the most influential exchanges in this field over the last few decades. Focal topics include the nature of biological functions, adaptationism as an explanatory and methodological doctrine, the levels of selection debate, the concepts of fitness and drift, and the relationship of evolutionary to developmental biology.
Author : John Burdon Haldane
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990-10-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691024421
J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), one of the founders of the science of population genetics, was also one of the greatest practitioners of the art of explaining science to the layperson. Haldane was a superb story-teller, as his essays and his children's books attest. In The Causes of Evolution he not only helped to marry the new science of genetics to the older one of evolutionary theory but also provided an accessible introduction to the genetical basis of evolution by natural selection. Egbert Leigh's new introduction to this classic work places it in the context of the ongoing study of evolution. Describing Haldane's refusal to be confined by a "System" as a "light-hearted" one, Leigh points out that we are now finding that "Haldane's questions are the appropriate next stage in learning how adaptation can evolve. We are now ready to reap the benefit of the fact that Haldane was a free man in the sense that really matters."
Author : Alex Rosenberg,Robert Arp
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781405183178
By combining excerpts from key historical writings with editors’ introductions and further reading material, Philosophy of Biology: An Anthology offers a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date collection of the field’s most significant works. Addresses central questions such as ‘What is life?’ and ‘How did it begin?’, and the most current research and arguments on evolution and developmental biology Editorial notes throughout the text define, clarify, and qualify ideas, concepts and arguments Includes material on evolutionary psychology and evolutionary developmental biology not found in other standard philosophy of biology anthologies Further reading material assists novices in delving deeper into research in philosophy of biology
Author : Caleb Williams Saleeby
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Evolution
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Leonard Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781316633465
Originally published in 1921, this book by Major Leonard Darwin (1850-1943) presents a personal perspective on evolution.
Author : D.L. Solomon,C.F. Walter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642930577
When I was asked to help organize an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium about how mathematical models have con tributed to biology, I agreed immediately. The subject is of immense importance and wide-spread interest. However, too often it is discussed in biologically sterile environments by "mutual admiration society" groups of "theoreticians", many of whom have never seen, and most of whom have never done, an original scientific experiment with the biolog ical materials they attempt to describe in abstract (and often prejudiced) terms. The opportunity to address the topic during an annual meeting of the AAAS was irresistable. In order to try to maintain the integrity ;,f the original intent of the symposium, it was entitled, "Contributions of Mathematical Models to Biological Discovery". This symposium was organized by Daniel Solomon and myself, held during the 141st annual meeting of the AAAS in New York during January, 1975, sponsored by sections G and N (Biological and Medical Sciences) of the AAAS and the North American Regions of the Biometric Society, and supported by grant BMS 75-0280) from the National Science Foundation. What follows in this volume are papers by nine of the participants who not only felt that they had something to say in a symposium entitled, "Contributions of Mathematical Models to Biological Discovery", but who falso were willing to record their ideas in more detail here.
Author : R. J. Berry,T. J. Crawford,G. M. Hewitt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521549361
Geneticists and ecologists confront the implications of the others' discipline for their own work.
Author : Evelyn Fox Keller,Elisabeth Anne Lloyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0674503139
In science, more than elsewhere, a word is expected to mean what it says, nothing more, nothing less. But scientific discourse is neither different nor separable from ordinary language--meanings are multiple, ambiguities ubiquitous. Keywords in Evolutionary Biology grapples with this problem in a field especially prone to the confusion engendered by semantic imprecision. Written by historians, philosophers, and biologists--including, among others, Stephen Jay Gould, Diane Paul, John Beatty, Robert Richards, Richard Lewontin, David Sloan Wilson, Peter Bowler, and Richard Dawkins--these essays identify and explicate those terms in evolutionary biology which, though commonly used, are plagues by multiple concurrent and historically varying meanings. By clarifying these terms in their many guises, the editors Evelyn Fox Keller and Elisabeth Lloyd hope to focus attention on major scholarly problems in the field--problems sometimes obscured, sometimes reveals, and sometimes even created by the use of such equivocal words. "Competition," "adaptation," and "fitness," for instance, are among the terms whose multiple meaning have led to more than merely semantic debates in evolutionary biology. Exploring the complexity of keywords and clarifying their role in prominent issues in the field, this book will prove invaluable to scientists and philosophers trying to come to terms with evolutionary theory; it will also serve as a useful guide to future research into the way in which scientific language works.
Author : William B. Provine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989-04-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226684733
"Provine's thorough and thoroughly admirable examination of Wright's life and influence, which is accompanied by a very useful collection of Wright's papers on evolution, is the best we have for any recent figure in evolutionary biology."—Joe Felsenstein, Nature "In Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology . . . Provine has produced an intellectual biography which serves to chart in considerable detail both the life and work of one man and the history of evolutionary theory in the middle half of this century. Provine is admirably suited to his task. . . . The resulting book is clearly a labour of love which will be of great interest to those who have a mature interest in the history of evolutionary theory."-John Durant, ;ITimes Higher Education Supplement;X
