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Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution

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  • © 1994

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  1. Mikhail V. Volkenstein

    1. Moscow, Russia

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Biological Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-37

    3. Evolutionary Methods

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      Pages 38-68

    4. Directionality of Evolution

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      Pages 69-104

    5. Adaptation

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      Pages 105-124

  3. Molecular Basis of Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Proteins

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      Pages 127-177

    3. Neutrality of Point Mutations

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      Pages 178-218

    4. The Molecular Drive

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      Pages 219-250

  4. Physics of Biological Evolution

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      Pages 251-251
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    2. Physical Theory of Molecular Evolution

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      Pages 253-294

    3. Chaos and Order in Evolution

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      Pages 295-334

    4. Informational Aspects of Evolution

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      Pages 335-366

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 367-399
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"Mr. Wolkenstein's Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution, whether or not it proves to give the ultimate truth on the matters with which it deals, certainly deserves, by its breadth and scope and profundity, to be considered an impor­ tant event in the philosophical world." This is a quotation from an introduction written by Bertrand Russell for Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I exchanged only name and subject. As for the rest, I could continue quoting Russell, but I would rather say something myself. As Wittgenstein did with formal logic, Wolkenstein rectifies our views on how to approach the logic of life from a formal theoretical basis. Many bio­ logists do not believe that their subject lends itself to the scrutiny of physical theory. They certainly admit that one can simulate biological phenomena by models that can be expressed in a mathematical form. However, they do not believe that biology can be given a theoretical foundation that is defined within the general framework of physics. Rather, they insist on a holistic approach, banning any reduction to fundamental principles subject to physical theory.

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  • Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail V. Volkenstein

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