Proving Darwin
Subtitle: making biology mathematical
By: Gregory Chaitin
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780375423147
Subjects: Biology; Computer programming; Biomathematics; Mathematics; Mathematical models; Evolution (Biology); Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Problem Solvers and Theorizers; title: Introduction: Overview of Proving Darwin; title: Life as Evolving Software : The Evolution of Mutating Software; title: The Human Discovery of Software : Turing and von Neumann as Biologists; title: The Mathematics of Metabiology : Random Walks in Software Space; title: Santa Fe Institute Lecture : A Mathematical Theory of Evolution and Biological Creativity; title: Theological Aspects of Metabiology; title: The Politics of Creativity (Social Darwinism; title: Social Metabiology); title: What can Mathematics Ultimately Accomplish? : Metabiology and Beyond; title: Appendix 1: von Neumann's "DNA = Software" Paper; title: Appendix 2: The Heart of the Proof.