Biology's first law
Subtitle: the tendency for diversity and complexity to increase in evolutionary systems
By: Daniel W. McShea and Robert N. Brandon.
Contributors: Brandon, Robert N.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780226562254; 9780226562261
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Biodiversity; Biocomplexity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The zero-force evolutionary law; title: Randomness, hierarchy, constraint, and the zero-force evolutionary law; title: Diversity; title: Complexity; title: Evidence, predictions, and tests; title: Philosophical foundations of the zero-force evolutionary law; title: Implications.