The Rise of Chance in Evolutionary Theory: A Pompous Parade of Arithmetic
- Length: 190 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Academic Press
- Publication Date: 2021-12-10
- ISBN-10: 0323912915
- ISBN-13: 9780323912914
- Sales Rank: #613237 (See Top 100 Books)
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Cover image Title page Table of Contents Copyright Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Chance governs the descent of a farthing: Charles Darwin Abstract Darwin before the Origin Chance in the Origin of Species Chance after the Origin Chance, contained References Chapter 2: The wonderful form of cosmic order: Francis Galton Abstract Early sojourns Galton’s early theory of heredity Toward a novel theory Galton’s opus magnum Why Galton? References Chapter 3: The only ultimate test of the theory of natural selection: The early years of biometry Abstract Pearson before biometry The collaboration in earnest: The crab papers Developing a controversy: Weldon and Bateson Natural selection without (and then with) adaptation A settled research program References Chapter 4: Here is the true gospel: Biometry after Mendelism Abstract New ports in new storms From Mendel to inheritance Of elements and chromosomes Taking stock Whither biometry? References Chapter 5: Reconciling the biometrical conclusions: Evolution from 1906 to 1918 Abstract Where not to look Statistics without a statistical theory of inheritance A mathematical theory of inheritance without statistics: The American school The speed of selection: R. C. Punnett Statistical inheritance in populations without selection The exception to the rule: George Udny Yule The view from the textbooks References Chapter 6: What natural selection must be doing: R. A. Fisher’s early synthesis Abstract Fisher’s sources The early years Interlude: Fisher at Rothamsted The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection Indeterminism, creativity, and physics in evolution: Fisher’s philosophy of science References Chapter 7: Conclusions, historiographical and philosophical Abstract A quick look back A comparative interlude: Gayon & Depew and Weber Looking outward References Index
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