Dawkins vs. Gould Survival of the Fittest
by Sterelny, KimEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-25
Publisher(s): Icon Books
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Summary
A revised and updated edition of a title exploring the battle between evolutionary theory's biggest names. Known as one of the firecest battles in science Dawkins and Gould and their supporters have argued over evolution, for over twenty years, and continue, despite Gould's death. Kim Sterelny exposes 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.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| About the author | p. xi |
| Battle Joined | p. 1 |
| A Clash of Perspectives | p. 3 |
| Dawkins' World | p. 15 |
| Genes and Gene Lineages | p. 17 |
| Gene Selection in a World of Organisms | p. 27 |
| Extended Phenotypes and Outlaws | p. 37 |
| Selfishness and Selection | p. 51 |
| Selection and Adaptation | p. 67 |
| The View from Harvard | p. 81 |
| Local Process, Global Change? | p. 83 |
| Punctuated Equilibrium | p. 93 |
| Mass Extinction | p. 103 |
| Life in the Cambrian | p. 115 |
| The Evolutionary Escalator | p. 143 |
| The State of Play | p. 155 |
| A Candle in the Dark? | p. 157 |
| Stumps Summary | p. 167 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 179 |
| Glossary | p. 199 |
| Geological Timescale | p. 205 |
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