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        Imperfection

        Imperfection

        Imperfection

        A Natural History

        by Telmo Pievani

        Translated by Michael Gerard Kenyon

        Foreword by Ian Tattersall

        ISBN: 9780262548359

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 6, 2024

        In praise of imperfection: how life on our planet is a catalog of imperfections, errors, alternatives, and anomalies.
        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        A Darwinian Survival Guide

        Hope for the Twenty-First Century

        by Daniel R. Brooks and Salvatore J. Agosta

        ISBN: 9780262048682

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 6, 2024

        How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago—and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.
        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

        by Michael Muthukrishna

        ISBN: 9780262048378

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
        Our Ancient Lakes

        Our Ancient Lakes

        Our Ancient Lakes

        A Natural History

        by Jeffrey McKinnon

        ISBN: 9780262047852

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 17, 2023

        The unexpected diversity, beauty, and strangeness of life in ancient lakes—some millions of years old—and the remarkable insights the lakes are yielding about the causes of biodiversity.
        Properties of Life

        Properties of Life

        Properties of Life

        Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology

        by Bernd Rosslenbroich

        ISBN: 9780262546201

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 19, 2023

        A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.
        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        The Foundations of Population Genetics

        by Daniel M. Weinreich

        ISBN: 9780262047579

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 29, 2023

        An accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.
        Evolution "On Purpose"

        Evolution "On Purpose"

        Evolution "On Purpose"

        Teleonomy in Living Systems

        Edited by Peter A. Corning, Stuart A. Kauffman, Denis Noble, James A. Shapiro, Richard I. Vane-Wright and Addy Pross

        ISBN: 9780262546409

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 22, 2023

        A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and the philosophy of science.
        Explaining Life through Evolution

        Explaining Life through Evolution

        Explaining Life through Evolution

        by Prosanta Chakrabarty

        ISBN: 9780262546256

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 8, 2023

        A broad overview of the science of evolution, and why understanding it matters in our everyday lives.
        Evolvability

        Evolvability

        Evolvability

        A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?

        Edited by Thomas F. Hansen, David Houle, Mihaela Pavličev and Christophe Pélabon

        ISBN: 9780262545624

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 27, 2023

        Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science.
        Efficient Cognition

        Efficient Cognition

        Efficient Cognition

        The Evolution of Representational Decision Making

        by Armin W. Schulz

        ISBN: 9780262546737

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 1, 2022

        An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment.
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