Is Neo-Darwinism Enough?

Is Neo-Darwinism Enough? Book Cover

By:

David Sloan Wilson,

Denis Noble

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Dimensions:

6 x 9 inches

Pages:

261

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Hardcover$24.95

Invalid Date|ISBN 979-8-9917040-2-1

Description:

David Sloan Wilson and Denis Noble participate in a dialogue centering around the sufficiency of a neo-Darwinian framework of biology. Does neo-Darwinism provide a reasonably complete and adequate explanation of biological phenomena? Are there any new theoretical breakthroughs that are necessary to support the framework? The point of this dialogue is for both parties to advance the best case for their position, as well as to refute the case of their Interlocutor.

Author Bio:

David Sloan Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor in the departments of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. His research interests focus on multilevel selection theory, human evolution, and differentiation within species, populations, and individuals. Wilson received his PhD from Michigan State University. He is the author of many books, including Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives (Delta, 2007), Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others (Yale UP, 2015), and This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution (Pantheon, 2019).

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Denis Noble is Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics of the Medical Sciences Division of the University of Oxford, where he held the Burdon Sanderson Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology, 1984–2004. A pioneer in computer modeling of biological organs and systems, Noble received his PhD from University College London. He is the author of several books, including The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes (Oxford UP, 2008), Dance to the Tune of Life: Biological Relativity (Cambridge UP, 2017), and Understanding Living Systems, with Raymond Noble (Cambridge UP, 2023).

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