Publication

2007 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006026495
  • LibraryThing2806834
  • Goodreads3357127

Classifications

  • LCCQH371.3.M37 M34 2007

Description

"The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and nonexistent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

EvolutionMorphologyMathematical modelsEvolution (Biology)Adaptation (Biology)Morphology -- Mathematical modelsEvolution (Biology) -- Mathematical models

Other Editions

  • The Geometry of EvolutionCambridge University Press2007

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