{"product_id":"selection-the-mechanism-of-evolution-new","title":"Selection: The Mechanism Of Evolution,New","description":"\u003cp\u003eThisbookhasbeenwritten Tomake A Pointand Tofulfill A Need. Thepoint Is That The Importance And The Distinctiveness Of The Process Of Selection Have Been Undervalued By Most Biologists. There Is, Consequently, The Need For A Book That Describes The Principles Of Selection In A Simple But Reasonably Comprehensive Way. Selection Is A Distinct Kind Ofprocess Although We Are Now Well Into The Second Century Of Darwinism, The Theorythatdarwinand Wallaceannouncedin 1858Hasnotyetmademuch Progress Beyond A Small Coterie Of Professional Biologists. The Reason Is Thatit Isjarringlyunfamiliar Toournormalexperienceofhow Things Come To Be. Few Ofus Would Be Able To Design A Light Bulb Or A Lathe, Still Fewer The Computerand Itsattendant Softwarewithwhich This Sentence Is Being Written. But We All Have A Clear Idea Of What Is Meant By 'Design', And We Readily, Too Readily, Transfer This Notion To The Natural World. A Light Bulb Or A Lathe Are Prefigured In The Mind, And Constructed According To A Plan. It Is Entirely Reasonable To Assume That Beetles And Daisies Must Be Constructed After The Same Fashion, Especially Because They Are Much Morecomplicatedthananythingthathumaningenuityhassofarmanaged To Devise. There Is, However, A Second Route To Complex Organization, Throughtheselectionofrandomvariantsthatpropagatenearlyexactcopies Ofthemselves. Itisofverylittleconsequenceinourdailylives, Becauseifis Somuchmorelaboriousandexpensivethandeliberatedesign. However, It Isanotherwayofconstructingthings. Indeed, Sofarasiknow, Itistheonly Other Way Of Constructing Things That We Have Ever Been Able To Imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46574847131893,"sku":"DADAX041205521X","price":244.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71rcg6tnLYL.jpg?v=1745038477","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/selection-the-mechanism-of-evolution-new","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}