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by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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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 philosophy were changed forever as a result. The exact nature of the Darwinian process has been controversial ever since, however. Godfrey-Smith draws on new developments in biology, philosophy of science, and other fields to give a new analysis and extension of Darwin's idea. The central concept used is that of a "Darwinian population," a collection of things with the capacity to undergo change by natural selection. From this starting point, new analyses of the role of genes in evolution, the application of Darwinian ideas to cultural change, and "evolutionary transitions" that produce complex organisms and societies are developed. Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection will be essential reading for anyone interested in evolutionary theory.

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  • Title Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection
  • Author Peter Godfrey-Smith
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint Edition
  • Pages 218
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, 2009. 218p. Hardback. Peter Godfrey-Smith's Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection is a dense and deep work on the foun
  • Publication date 2009-05-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199552047 / 0199552045
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 in (23.37 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology), Natural selection
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009464162
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.82

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  • Choice, 04/01/2010, Page 0
  • Science, 10/16/2009, Page 368

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Peter Godfrey-Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature and Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science.
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