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The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces
George R. Mcghee
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Description for The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces
hardcover. First published in 2006, this book demonstrates the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding evolution. Num Pages: 212 pages, 97 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and non-existent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution. The adaptive landscape concept ... Read more
The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and non-existent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution. The adaptive landscape concept ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521849425
SKU
V9780521849425
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About George R. Mcghee
George McGheeis Professor of Paleobiology in the Department of Geological Sciences at Rutgers University, New Jersey. He is a past Fellow of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Vienna, Austria.
Reviews for The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces
Review of the hardback: 'Theoretical morphology needs to become mainstream and find its purpose … This book has established an extremely solid foundation …' American Journal of Human Biology