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* Read * The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution (paperback) by Eugene V. Koonin ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution (paperback) Eugene Koonin's book is spectacular! Stephen Warren Eugene Koonin's book is spectacular! The Logic of Chance is a stimulating, engaging and erudite account of the "postmodern synthesis" of evolution. He discusses the material with depth and rigor yet reading it is not at all tedious (if not quite a fireside chat). It's an incredibly enjoyable read could . "Heavy but very thought provoking read" according to Alex Samaras. This book is targeted at the experts but can be understood well enough by
| Title | : | The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution (paperback) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0133381064 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
Eugene Koonin's book is spectacular! Stephen Warren Eugene Koonin's book is spectacular! The Logic of Chance is a stimulating, engaging and erudite account of the "postmodern synthesis" of evolution. He discusses the material with depth and rigor yet reading it is not at all tedious (if not quite a fireside chat). It's an incredibly enjoyable read could . "Heavy but very thought provoking read" according to Alex Samaras. This book is targeted at the experts but can be understood well enough by knowledgeable amateurs with some background in genomics (even unofficial; mine comes from my hobby of reading research papers because I am fascinated with biology). Having already read a good number of Dr. Koonin's papers as well a. Challenging and fascinating In the preface to this book, the author writes that he set out with the desire to write a popular book along the lines of A Brief History of Time but on the subject of evolution. He soon recognized that the book "refused to be written that way" and became much more scientific and specialized. This is qui
The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative genomics and systems biology. The author presents many specific examples from systems and comparative genomic analysis to begin to build a new, much more detailed, complex, and realistic picture of evolution. The book examines a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology including the inadequacy of natural selection and adaptation as the only or even the main mode of evolution; the key role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution and the consequent overhaul of the Tree of Life concept; the central, underappreciated evolutionary importance of viruses; the origin of eukaryotes as a result of endosymbiosis; the concomitant origin of cells and viruses on the primordial earth; universal dependences between genomic and molecular-phenomic variables; and the evolving landscape of constraints that shape the evolution of genomes and molecular phenomes. "Koonin's account of viral and pre-eukaryotic evolution is undoubtedly up-to-date. . His "mega views" of evolution (given what was said above) and his cosmological musings, on the other hand, are interesting reading." Summing Up: RecommendedReprinted with permission from CHOICE, copyri
From the Back CoverAn Outline of a Fundamentally New Evolutionary Synthesis Reflecting Key Advances in Genomics, Systems Biology, and Biological Physics In this ambitious book, Eugene V. Koonin illuminates the gamut of randomness and regularity that is at the heart of life. Coverage includesUnderstanding the forces and patterns of evolution. To support his argument, he weaves together multiple conceptual threads: genomic comparisons that illuminate ancestral forms; new insights into pattern, process, and contingency in evolution; advances in the study of gene expression, protein abundance, and other phenotypic molecular characteristics; application of statistical physics to the study of the evolution of genes and genomes; and new perspectives on probability
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