The rise of chance in evolutionary theory : a pompous parade of arithmetic /
The Rise of Chance in Evolutionary Theory: A Pompous Parade of Arithmetic explores a pivotal conceptual moment in the history of evolutionary theory: the development of its extensive reliance on a wide array of concepts of chance. It tells the history of a methodological and conceptual development t...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA :
Elsevier Academic Press,
[2022]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Chance governs the descent of a farthing: Charles Darwin
- The wonderful form of cosmic order: Francis Galton
- The only ultimate test of the theory of natural selection: The early years of biometry
- Here is the true gospel: Biometry after Mendelism
- Reconciling the biometrical conclusions: Evolution from 1906 to 1918
- What natural selection must be doing: R.A. Fisher's early synthesis
- Conclusions, histriographical and philosophical.