The essays in this volume provide ample food for thought, and from all the major food groups! The Modern Synthesis in evolutionary theory, and what lies beyond, are assessed here from multiple angles. This book will greatly interest evolutionary biologists and philosophers of evolutionary biology alike. -- Elliot Sober, Hans Reichenbach Professor and William F. Vilas Research Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison The twenty-first century will likely be the century of biology, just as the twentieth century was the century of physics. The central, organizing theory of biology is -- and will remain -- the theory of evolution. If you want to know how the theory of evolution will likely expand and be configured in the twenty-first century, reading Evolution, the Extended Synthesis is a good way to start. -- Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine and author of Human Evolution: Trails from the Past
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University
of New York.
Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department
of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of
the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition
Research.
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University
of New York.
Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department
of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of
the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition
Research.
David S. Wilson is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Biology and
Anthropology at Binghamton University and President of the
Evolution Institute.
Eva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the
coauthor of Evolution in Four Dimensions- Genetic, Epigenetic,
Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life and the
coeditor of Transformations of Lamarckism- From Subtle Fluids to
Molecular Biology, both published by the MIT Press.
Marion J. Lamb was Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University
of London, before her retirement. Jablonka and Lamb are also the
authors of Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution
Stuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York
Medical College.
Gerd B. M ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department
of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of
the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition
Research.
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University
of New York.
The late Werner Callebaut was Scientific Manager of the Konrad
Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Vienna, and
Visiting Research Professor of Philosophy of Science at University
of Vienna.
An impressive and provocative overview; it should become the focus of semester-long graduate student reading groups across the country, as it has at my home institution.—Michael J. Wade, BioScience
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