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It was not long ago when the consciousness was not considered a problem for science. However, this has now changed and the problem of consciousness is considered the greatest challenge to science. In the last decade, a great number of books and articles have been published in the field, but very few have focused on the how consciousness evolves and develops, and what characterizes the transitions between different conscious states, in animals and humans. This book addresses these questions. Renowned researchers from different fields of science (including neurobiology, evolutionary biology, eth

Evolution. Phylogeny --- Zoology --- Consciousness.

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"[D]iscusses the evolutionary game theory and strategies of nonlinear stochastic biological networks under random genetic variations and environmental disturbances and their application to systematic synthetic biology design. The book provides more realistic stochastic biological system models to mimic the real biological systems in the evolutionary process and then introduces network evolvability, stochastic evolutionary game theory, and strategy based on nonlinear stochastic networks in evolution. These results are not only remarkable but also revolutionary in genetic evolutionary biology; they can also be applied to economics, engineering, and bioscience. Explains network fitness, network evolvability, and network robustness of biological networks from the systematic perspective. Discusses the evolutionary noncooperative and cooperative game strategies of biological networks. Offers detailed diagrams to help readers understand the biological networks, their systematic behaviors, and simulational results of the evolutionary biological network. Provides every chapter with at least one example with a computational simulation to illustrate the solution procedure of evolutionary theory and strategy and their results to confirm the proposed evolutionary theories and strategies"--

Evolution. Phylogeny --- General biochemistry --- Evolution (Biology) --- History.

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"Evolution, Explanation, Ethics, and Aesthetics: Towards a Philosophy of Biology focuses on the dominant biological topic of evolution, with the unique benefit of being written by an eminent biologist who also happens to be a philosopher. It deals with the prevailing philosophical themes of how to explain the adaptation of organisms, the interplay of chance and necessity, and the recurrent topics of emergence, reductionism, and progress. Also extensively treated is the all-important (and of great interest) topic of how to explain human nature as a result of natural processes, and the encompassed issues of the foundations of morality and the brain-to-mind transformation. This book is a useful resource for seminar and college courses on the philosophy of biology as well as for researchers, academics, and students in evolutionary biology, behavior, genetics, and biodiversity. Additionally, it provides a stimulating discussion of the field for those with an interest in human biology and issues such as ethics, religion, and the mind, along with professional philosophers of science and those concerned with such issues as whether evolution is compatible with religion and/or where morality comes from."--

Philosophy of nature --- Evolution. Phylogeny --- Evolution (Biology) --- Philosophy.

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Although biologists recognize evolutionary ecology by name, many only have a limited understanding of its conceptual roots and historical development. Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology fills that knowledge gap in a thought-provoking and readable format. Written by a world-renowned evolutionary ecologist, this book embodies a unique blend of expertise in combining theory and experiment, population genetics and ecology. Following an easily-accessible structure, this book encapsulates and chronologizes the history behind evolutionary ecology. It also focuses on the integration of age-structure and density-dependent selection into an understanding of life-history evolution. --

Evolution. Phylogeny --- General ecology and biosociology --- Ecology. --- Evolution (Biology)

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In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay Gould, E. O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--Ruse offers an unparalleled account of evolutionary theory, from popular books to museums to the most complex theorizing, at a time when its status as science is under greater scrutiny than ever before.

Evolution (Biology) --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Evolution. Phylogeny --- Philosophy --- History --- Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy. --- Evolution (Biology) - History.