Darwinizing Gaia by W. Ford Doolittle (Paperback Book)

Name: Darwinizing Gaia by W. Ford Doolittle (Paperback Book)
Brand: MIT Press Ltd

MIT Press Ltd

A reinterpretation of James Lovelock\u2019s Gaia Hypothesis through the lens of Darwinian natural selection and multispecies community evolution.\nFirst conceived in the 1970s, James Lovelock\u2019s Gaia Hypothesis proposed that living organisms developed in tandem with their inorganic surroundings, forming a complex, self-regulating system. Today, most evolutionary biologists consider the theory problematic. In Darwinizing Gaia, W. Ford Doolittle, one of evolutionary and molecular biology\u2019s most prestigious thinkers, reformulates what evolution by natural selection is while legitimizing the controversial Gaia Hypothesis. As the first book attempting to reconcile Gaia with Darwinian thinking, and the first on persistence-based evolution, Doolittle\u2019s clear, innovative position broadens evolutionary\n\nDarwinizing Gaia\nNatural Selection and Multispecies Community Evolution\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal M;