The Geometry of Evolution by George R. McGhee HARDBACK 9780521849425

The Geometry of Evolution\nby George R. McGhee\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: George R. McGhee\nTitle: The Geometry of Evolution\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Genetics (non-medical)\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2006\nISBN-13: 9780521849425\nISBN-10: 052184942X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of bo.