Dawkins Vs. Gould: Survival of the FittestAn international bestseller when originally published, this brand-new and completely revised edition updates the story of one of science's most vigorous arguments. Science has seen its fair share of punch-ups over the years, but one debate, in the field of biology, has become notorious for its intensity. Over the last twenty years, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould have engaged in a savage battle over evolution, which continues to rage even after Gould's death in 2002. Kim Sterelny moves beyond caricature to expose the real differences between the conceptions of evolution of these two leading scientists. He shows that the conflict extends beyond evolution to their very beliefs in science itself; and, in Gould's case, to domains in which science plays no role at all. |
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Genes and Gene Lineages | 17 |
Extended Phenotypes and Outlaws | 37 |
Selfishness and Selection | 51 |
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adaptive allele altruism Ancestor's Tale animals arthropods bacteria behaviour Burgess Shale Cambrian Cambrian explosion cells Chapter characteristics chromosome cladists Climbing Mount Improbable complexity cooperation copying cumulative selection Dawkins and Gould dinosaurs disparity distinctive diversity DNA sequences ecological effects eggs Eldredge environment eukaryotic evolution evolutionary biology evolutionary change evolutionary history Evolutionary Theory evolved example explain extended phenotype extrapolationism fauna female fossil record gene lineages gene selection genetic genome Gould argues Gould thinks group selection hence human idea important individual organisms issues John Maynard Smith last common ancestor life's living males mammals mass extinction Maynard Smith microevolution million years ago molecular clock Moreover multi-celled mutation natural selection organisation organism's outlaws Oxford University Press pattern phyla population possible protein punctuated equilibrium replicators reproduction role segments sexual shells speciation species selection speedy-Y Structure of Evolutionary supply of variation survival tion tionary traits trilobites typically vehicles velvet worm