Lloyd, Elisabeth A.:The Structure and Confirmation of Evolutionary Theory
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Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. (2002), 1433pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, owner's notes (lots of them) to feps, corner crease to dj flap, s… More...
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. (2002), 1433pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, owner's notes (lots of them) to feps, corner crease to dj flap, some soiling & slight shelfwear to dj, owner's catalog number to dj spine, some pgs w/ margin markings & underling to 1st half of book, later half is unmarked, heavy - may require extra shipping.. Cloth. Very Good -/Very Good -., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, 3, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Belknap Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo; xxii, 1433 pages, cloth In 2001, The Library of Congress named Gould one of the 83 Living Legends - people who embody the "quintessentially American ideal of individual creativity, conviction, dedication, and exuberance." Part II, Chapters 8-12 (covering over 700 pages) details "Towards a Revised and Expanded Evolutionary Theory". A monster of a volume, with charts and illustrations., Harvard Belknap Press, 2002, 5, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0674006135 . 2.69 x 10.22 x 6.74 Inches; 1433 pages ., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, 5, Cambridge, MA.: Belknap Press/Harvard. VG/VG Oversize. Prev. Owner Name FFEP. Text Clean, Binding Tight. DJ In Mylar Wrap. Pages: 1433.. 2002. 6th Printing. Hardcover.., Belknap Press/Harvard, 2002, 3, Cambridge: Harvard, 2001. The Uncorrected Proof copy of the the second volume of this title. This book begins with chapter 9. Covers p. 745 through 1386. . Advance Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket., Harvard, 2001, 4, United States: Belknap Press, 2002. Hardback. Very Good/Good. The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas off ers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitm ents of classical Darwinism: that natural selection works on organisms, not genes or species; that it is almost exclusively the mechanism of adaptive evolutionary change; and that these changes are incremental, not drastic. N ext, he examines the three critiques that currently challenge this classic Darwinian edifice: that selection operates on multiple levels, from the gen e to the group; that evolution proceeds by a variety of mechanisms, not jus t natural selection; and that causes operating at broader scales, including catastrophes, have figured prominently in the course of evolution. Then, in a stunning tour de force that will likely stimulate discussion and debate for decades, Gould proposes his own system for integrating these cl assical commitments and contemporary critiques into a new structure of evol utionary thought. In 2001 the Library of Congress named Stephen Jay Gould one of America's eighty-three Living Legends--people who embody the "quintessentially American ideal of individual creativity, conviction, dedication, and exuberance." Each of these qualities finds full expression in this peerless work, the likes of which the scientific world has not seen--and may not see again--for well over a century., Belknap Press, 2002, 2.75, Belknap Press,. VG/VG. 2002. Hardcover. 0674006135 . Hardback reprint (possibly book club with no date on title page and no price on DJ) in clean, bright covers; pages tight, unmarked. Light DJ wear in form of soft creasing on rear panel and small soft crease at one front corner tip but no tears. NOT a former library copy; no underlining, etc. Attractive, presentable. ; ., Belknap Press, 2002, 3, Cambridge:: Harvard University Press,. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0674006135 . Fifth printing. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, name on front free endpaper and title page, else fine in a fine dust jacket. ; 1433 pages ., Harvard University Press, 2002, 4.5, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA: 2002., 2002 pp. (xxiii), 1433. Illustrated. Thick 4to. 260 mm. Original full cloth binding. The text and binding are in fine, unmarked, condition; the DJ is nearly fine. Sixth printing. Hardbound. Stephen Jay Gould (1941- 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and book collector. He synthesized these interests to become one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science. As he spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. the essential ingredients for this - his magnum opus - we never far from his mind. From the dust jacket: "With characteristic attention to detail (he) first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism: that natural selection works on organisms, not genes or species; that it is almost exclusively the mechanism of adaptive evolutionary change; and that these changes are incremental, not drastic. Next, he examines the three critiques that currently challenge this classic Darwinian edifice: that selection operates on multiple levels, from the gene to the group; that evolution proceeds by a variety of mechanisms, not just natural selection; and that causes operating at broader scales, including catastrophes, have figured prominently in the course of evolution. Then, in a stunning tour de force that will likely stimulate discussion and debate for decades, Gould proposes his own system for integrating these classical commitments and contemporary critiques into a new structure of evolutionary thought." SCIENCE 5 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA: 2002., 2002, 3, Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. (2002), 1433pp, illus., slight soiling to cover, light shelfwear to cover, sticker remains to rear cover & spine, underlining to 1st 50 pgs, rest of text is clean & unmarked, no dj.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, 3, Cambridge, MA: Belknap University Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1433 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations. Binding tight. Dust jacket unclipped, very good, has just a touch of chipping to top front cover. Cover boards bound in tan, gilt title and decoration on spine and front cover board. Pages clean and unmarked. Light foxing to edges. In great condition. "The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time--a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. Record # 31559, Belknap University Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, 3, Published by Belknap Press, 2002. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Pale green cloth with black title label to spine and small gilt vignette to front cover., Published by Belknap Press, 2002, 3, Harvard University Press, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. hardback, thick octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a dust wrapper which is rubbed and chipped at the head of the spine, the text is free of marking, inscriptions, etc, xxii + 1433pp., Harvard University Press, 2002, 2.75, Princeton University Press, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 200 pages. Book 8 in the series Monographs in Population Biology. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance. Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book.' We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit. Cited by Gould in his books An Urchin in the Storm and The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. This book explores the relationship between various types of reproduction and the evolutionary process. Starting with the concept of meiosis, George C. Williams states the conditions under which an organism with both sexual and asexual reproductive capacities will employ each mode. He argues that in low-fecundity higher organisms, sexual reproduction is generally maladaptive, and persists because there is no ready means of developing an asexual alternative. The book then considers the evolutionary development of diverse forms of sexuality, such as anisogamy, hermaphroditism. and the evolution of differences between males and females in reproductive strategy. The final two chapters examine the effect of genetic recombination on the evolutionary process itself., Princeton University Press, 1975, 0, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2002. Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards and sound binding. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else bright, nitact and whole. FOLCAS 4/21, Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2002, 4.5, Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2002 textblock and binding immaculate and tight; unclipped dust jacket lightly edge-worn; 1,433pp., including index. . Sixth Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hard Cover., Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2002, 4.5, Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press. Used - Like New. Cambridge, MA; London: The Belkknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. Sm 4to Hardcover. xxii+1433pp. Illustrations. Fine book. Fine dust jacket. (Evolution, Biology) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES., Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 5, Minor rubbing, VG. Textual graphs & charts. Hominid Evolution Leicester University Press London (1999) orig.boards 24x15cm, xxii, 153 pp Contains Contains Introduction + 7 papers. Includes: Stephen Jay Gould " Introduction: The Scales of Contingency & Punctuation in History"; Chris Paul "Selection & the Fossil Record"; Michael House "Evolution & Environmental Controls: Palaeozoic Black Deaths"; Rob Foley "Pattern & Process in Hominid Evolution"; Alan Bilsborough "Contingency, Patterning & Species in Hominid Evolution"; Robert Layton "The Human Evolutionary Time- Scale & the Transition between Hunting & Gathering, & Farming"; I.G. Simmons "History, Ecology, Contingency, Sustainability"; John Bintliff " Structure, Contingency, Narrative & Timelessness"., Leicester University Press, 3, Cambridge, MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): between 6" - 9" tall . Marianne Perlak (Design); Kathy Chapman (Photo). 1433 + xxii pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Relevant newspaper articles included from previous owner. Very minor soiling on top edge. Dust jacket shows minimal wear around edges., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, 3, Greenwood Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 235 pages. In the Contributions in Philosophy series. An exploration of evoluton through logic. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed by the author, 'For Steve, with admiration and affection. Lisa.' *** From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. With a posthumous tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance. *** Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book.' *** We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit. Evolutionary theory has long been debated, not only on religious grounds, but in terms of its usefulness as a scientific model. A common objection is that the theory does not fit the hypothetical-deductive standard used in the physical sciences and is therefore not good science. In this study, Lloyd contends with the scientific and philosophical critics of evolutionary theory. Employing the same type of semantic analysis that has been applied to physical theory, she offers an alternative view of evolutionary theory that shows biological and physical theories to be structurally similar. The author begins by reviewing recent debates concerning the existence or non-existence of evolutionary laws and the possibility of axiomizing evolutionary theory. The central discussion of Lloyd's work revolves around several problems that have not been resolved by other methods. These are, first, the problem of which units or entities are selected in nature; second, the problem of reductionism in genetics; and third, the problem of confirmation. Developing a view of evolutionary theory based on mathematical models, she uses this framework to describe a wide variety of evolutionary subtheories. She tests her analysis by comparing it with other approaches and applying it to problematic cases. Finally, she presents a view of confirmation appropriate to a model-oriented conception of theories. This original study explores some significant connections between science and philosophy and adds to our understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge., Greenwood Press, 1988, 0<
