Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology

The Vienna Series is inspired by the evolutionary and theoretical biology research sponsored by the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI), an international center for advanced study closely associated with the University of Vienna. The series includes monographs and workshop-inspired collections on all aspects of theoretical and evolutionary biology, with an emphasis on integrating the developmental, evolutionary, and cognitive sciences.

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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.

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.

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.

Rethinking Human Evolution

Edited by Jeffrey H. Schwartz

ISBN: 9780262546744

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 1, 2022

Contributors from a range of disciplines consider the disconnect between human evolutionary studies and the rest of evolutionary biology.

Multicellularity

Origins and Evolution

Edited by Karl J. Niklas and Stuart A. Newman

Foreword by John T. Bonner

ISBN: 9780262545853

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 7, 2022

Scholars consider the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of organisms, experimental protocols, theoretical concepts, and philosophical issues.

The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects

Edited by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne and Peter N. Peregrine

ISBN: 9780262543200

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 22, 2022

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution.

Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences

Edited by Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco and William C. Wimsatt

ISBN: 9780262045339

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 24, 2021

Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences.

Rethinking Cancer

A New Paradigm for the Postgenomics Era

Edited by Bernhard Strauss, Marta Bertolaso, Ingemar Ernberg and Mina J. Bissell

ISBN: 9780262045216

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 27, 2021

Leading scientists argue for a new paradigm for cancer research, proposing a complex systems view of cancer supported by empirical evidence.

How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life

The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells

by Jan Spitzer

ISBN: 9780262045575

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 9, 2021

A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells.

Contingency and Convergence

Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind

by Russell Powell

ISBN: 9780262043397

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 25, 2020

Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere?

Convergent Evolution on Earth

Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

by George R McGhee Jr.

ISBN: 9780262042734

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 15, 2019

An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.

Evolutionary Causation

Biological and Philosophical Reflections

Edited by Tobias Uller and Kevin N. Lala

ISBN: 9780262039925

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 3, 2019

A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.

Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology

Edited by Michael J. O'Brien, Briggs Buchanan and Metin I. Eren

ISBN: 9780262037839

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 20, 2018

Scholars from a variety of disciplines consider cases of convergence in lithic technology, when functional or developmental constraints result in similar forms in independent lineages.

Landscapes of Collectivity in the Life Sciences

Edited by Snait B. Gissis, Ehud Lamm and Ayelet Shavit

ISBN: 9780262036856

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 12, 2018

Broad perspective on collectivity in the life sciences, from microorganisms to human consensus, and the theoretical and empirical opportunities and challenges.

Vivarium

Experimental, Quantitative, and Theoretical Biology at Vienna's Biologische Versuchsanstalt

Edited by Gerd B. Müller

ISBN: 9780262036702

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 6, 2017

The scientific achievements and forgotten legacy of a major Austrian research institute, from its founding in 1902 to its wartime destruction in 1945.

Transformations of Lamarckism

From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology

Edited by Snait B. Gissis and Eva Jablonka

ISBN: 9780262527507

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 30, 2015

A reappraisal of Lamarckism—its historical impact and contemporary significance.

Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition

Edited by Linnda R. Caporael, James R. Griesemer and William C. Wimsatt

ISBN: 9780262019552

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 8, 2013

Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

From Groups to Individuals

Evolution and Emerging Individuality

Edited by Frédéric Bouchard and Philippe Huneman

ISBN: 9780262018722

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 22, 2013

The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings.

Convergent Evolution

Limited Forms Most Beautiful

by George R McGhee Jr.

ISBN: 9780262539098

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 4, 2011

An analysis of convergent evolution from molecules to ecosystems, demonstrating the limited number of evolutionary pathways available to life.

The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited

Edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny

ISBN: 9780262015240

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 22, 2011

Drawing on recent advances in evolutionary biology, prominent scholars return to the question posed in a pathbreaking book: how evolution itself evolved.

Innovation in Cultural Systems

Contributions from Evolutionary Anthropology

Edited by Michael J. O'Brien and Stephen J. Shennan

ISBN: 9780262013338

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 23, 2009

Leading scholars offer a range of perspectives on the roles played by innovation in the evolution of human culture.

Biological Emergences

Evolution by Natural Experiment

by Robert G. B. Reid

ISBN: 9780262513401

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 21, 2009

A critique of selectionism and the proposal of an alternate theory of emergent evolution that is causally sufficient for evolutionary biology.

Modularity

Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems

Edited by Werner Callebaut and Diego Rasskin-Gutman

Foreword by Herbert A. Simon

With Konrad Lorenz Institute

ISBN: 9780262513265

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 21, 2009

Experts from diverse fields, including artificial life, cognitive science, economics, developmental and evolutionary biology, and the arts, discuss modularity.

Cognitive Biology

Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson and Lynn Nadel

ISBN: 9780262012935

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 29, 2009

An overview of current research at the intersection of psychology and biology, integrating evolutionary and developmental data and explanations.

Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds

Comparative Philosophical Perspectives

Edited by Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes

ISBN: 9780262113212

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 30, 2009

Investigations into the relationship between organism and artifacts from the perspective of functionality.

Evolution of Communicative Flexibility

Complexity, Creativity, and Adaptability in Human and Animal Communication

Edited by D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel

ISBN: 9780262538770

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 22, 2008

Experts investigate communicative flexibility (in both form and usage of signals) as the foundation of the evolution of complex communication systems, including human language.

Modeling Biology

Structures, Behaviors, Evolution

Edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller

ISBN: 9780262538152

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 7, 2007

Experts examine new modeling strategies for the interpretation of biological data and their integration into the conceptual framework of theoretical biology, detailing approaches that focus on morphology, development, behavior, or evolution.

Compositional Evolution

The Impact of Sex, Symbiosis, and Modularity on the Gradualist Framework of Evolution

by Richard A. Watson

ISBN: 9780262538091

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 6, 2006

A study of evolutionary processes that involve the combination of systems of semi-independently preadapted genetic material rather than the linear or sequential accumulation of slight modifications; with computational models that illustrate these mechanisms.

Evolution of Communication Systems

A Comparative Approach

Edited by D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel

ISBN: 9780262151115

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 30, 2004

Laying foundations for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of evolution in communication systems with tools from evolutionary biology, linguistics, animal behavior, developmental psychology, philosophy, cognitive sciences, robotics, and neural network modeling.

Environment, Development, and Evolution

Toward a Synthesis

Edited by Brian K. Hall, Roy D. Pearson and Gerd B. Müller

ISBN: 9780262083195

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 24, 2003

Leading researchers in evolutionary developmental biology seek linkages between, and a synthesis of, development, physiology, endocrinology, ecology, and evolution.

Origination of Organismal Form

Beyond the Gene in Developmental and Evolutionary Biology

Edited by Gerd B. Müller and Stuart A. Newman

ISBN: 9780262134194

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 3, 2003

A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of biological form as on its diversification.

The Evolution of Cognition

Edited by Cecilia Heyes and Ludwig Huber

ISBN: 9780262526968

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: July 31, 2000

This book encompasses the behavior and mentality of nonhuman as well as human animals and a full range of evolutionary approaches. Rather than a collection by and for the like-minded, it is a debate about how evolutionary processes have shaped cognition.

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