Principles of Evolution: From the Planck Epoch to Complex Multicellular Life (The Frontiers Collection) - Softcover

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9783642268021: Principles of Evolution: From the Planck Epoch to Complex Multicellular Life (The Frontiers Collection)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3642268021 ISBN 13: 9783642268021
Verlag: Springer, 2013

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With contributions from a team of leading experts, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of recent achievements in our scientific understanding of evolution. The questions it asks concern the beginnings of the universe, the origin of life and the chances of its arising at all, the role of contingency, and the search for universal features in the plethora of evolutionary phenomena. Rather than oversimplified or premature answers, the chapters provide a clear picture of how these essential problems are being tackled, enabling the reader to understand current thinking and open questions. The tools employed stem from a range of disciplines including mathematics, physics, biochemistry and cell biology. Self-organization as an overarching concept is demonstrated in the most diverse areas: from galaxy formation in the universe to spindle and aster formation in the cell. Chemical master equations, population dynamics, and evolutionary game theory are presented as suitable frameworks for understanding the universal mechanisms and organizational principles observed in a wide range of living units, ranging from cells to societies. This book will provide engaging reading and food for thought for all those seeking a deeper understanding of the science of evolution.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns is full professor and head of the statistical physics group at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. Her area of expertise ranges from general relativity and theoretical particle physics to  statistical physics and its applications to complex systems. Stefan Thurner is Professor of Science of Complex Systems at the Medical  University of Vienna and external professor at the Santa Fe institute.  His area of interest extends from theoretical physics and applied  mathematics to complex systems theory and its applications in  life science and economics.

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With contributions from a team of leading experts, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of recent achievements in our scientific understanding of evolution. The questions it asks concern the beginnings of the universe, the origin of life and the chances of its arising at all, the role of contingency, and the search for universal features in the plethora of evolutionary phenomena. Rather than oversimplified or premature answers, the chapters provide a clear picture of how these essential problems are being tackled, enabling the reader to understand current thinking and open questions. The tools employed stem from a range of disciplines including mathematics, physics, biochemistry and cell biology. Self-organization as an overarching concept is demonstrated in the most diverse areas: from galaxy formation in the universe to spindle and aster formation in the cell. Chemical master equations, population dynamics, and evolutionary game theory are presented as suitable frameworks for understanding the universal mechanisms and organizational principles observed in a wide range of living units, ranging from cells to societies. This book will provide engaging reading and food for thought for all those seeking a deeper understanding of the science of evolution.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3642268021
ISBN 13 
9783642268021
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
400
Herausgeber
Meyer-Ortmanns Hildegard, Thurner Stefan
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