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- Broadens the understanding of non-Darwinian scientific concepts
- Clarifies the differences between various orthogenetic concepts by analysing their history and relationships
- Maximizes reader insights into the main points of scientific criticism of the natural selection theory
- Opens new vistas for the elaboration of alternative evolutionary concepts
- Takes into account publications in five languages (English, Russian, French, Spanish, German)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Orthogenesis: A History
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Front Matter
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Orthogenesis: Pro et Contra
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Back Matter
About this book
This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology.
Darwinism claims that evolution occurs by selection from an extensive random variability. An alternative viewpoint—that the material for variability is limited and organisms are predisposed to vary in certain directions—is the essence of evolutionary concepts that can be grouped together under the name of orthogenesis. Dating back to Lamarck, orthogenesis has existed in many guises. Branded as mystical and discarded as unscientific, it keeps re-emerging in evolutionary discussions.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Saint Petersburg State University, N. N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Igor Popov
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Orthogenesis versus Darwinism
Authors: Igor Popov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95144-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95143-0Published: 03 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06983-4Published: 02 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95144-7Published: 22 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 209
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Animal Genetics and Genomics, History of Biology, Paleontology