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Imperfection
A Natural History
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
Hope for the Twenty-First Century
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
The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
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
A Natural History
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
Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology
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
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"
Teleonomy in Living Systems
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
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
A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?
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
The Evolution of Representational Decision Making
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.

Imperfection
A Natural History
ISBN: 9780262548359
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 6, 2024
A Darwinian Survival Guide
Hope for the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780262048682
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 6, 2024
A Theory of Everyone
The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
ISBN: 9780262048378
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
Our Ancient Lakes
A Natural History
ISBN: 9780262047852
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 17, 2023
Properties of Life
Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology
ISBN: 9780262546201
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
The Foundations of Population Genetics
The Foundations of Population Genetics
ISBN: 9780262047579
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 29, 2023
Evolution "On Purpose"
Teleonomy in Living Systems
ISBN: 9780262546409
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 22, 2023
Explaining Life through Evolution
Explaining Life through Evolution
ISBN: 9780262546256
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 8, 2023
Evolvability
A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?
ISBN: 9780262545624
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 27, 2023
Efficient Cognition
The Evolution of Representational Decision Making
ISBN: 9780262546737
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 1, 2022