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Auteur(s) : Rosenhouse, Jason
Titre(s) : The failures of mathematical anti-evolutionism [Texte imprimé] / Jason Rosenhouse,...
Publication : Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge university press, 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-292 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 275-284. Index
"Charles Darwin presented his theory of evolution in his book On the Origin of Species,
published in 1859. In so doing, he transformed biology from a scientific backwater
to a fully professional science. Prior to Darwin, biology was little more than the
art of catching a critter, killing it, cutting it open, and then writing detailed
descriptions of what you saw. Alternatively, some biologists concerned themselves
with classifying organisms according to whatever arbitrary characteristics had their
attention that week. Valuable work, no doubt, but hardly a science. Real science involved
abstract theorizing, mathematical modeling, and predictive power to several places
past the decimal point. Or so went the stereotype, at any rate. That all changed with
Darwin. By marshaling evidence from classification, biogeography, embryology, and
comparative anatomy, he established, to the satisfaction of most scientists, that
organisms shared a far greater degree of relatedness than had previously been appreciated.
He also provided a possible mechanism to explain how populations of organisms gradually
became better adapted to their environments-the process of natural selection. He anticipated,
and provided cogent replies to, numerous theoretical objections to his ideas. Biology
now had a bona fide theory from which to work, one that could be tested against data
and which suggested fruitful directions for further research"
Sujet(s) : Évolution (biologie) -- Modèles mathématiques
Indice(s) Dewey :
576.801 5118 (23e éd.) = Évolution - Modèles mathématiques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108842303. - ISBN 1108842305 (rel.). - ISBN 9781108820448. - ISBN 1108820441.
- ISBN 9781108907149 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47042508w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47042508
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