Description
This is a timely book that should appeal to biologists, engineers, and applied mathematicians. -- David C. Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute This is a major contribution, addressing what are perhaps the central questions in the subject of complex adaptive systems: What makes systems robust and how does selection at different levels of organization act to shape robustness? It is a well-written, well-organized, provocative piece of scholarly work that will be widely read and debated. -- Simon Levin, Princeton University
About the Author
Andreas Wagner is professor of biochemistry at the University of Zurich. He studies the evolution of biological systems on all levels of organismal organization, from genes and genomes to gene networks and embryonic development
Reviews
"Wagner's treatise is more than good biology; it is also very interesting biology. The picture is painted by talented hands... If I have a favorite aspect of the book, it is the meticulous yet insightful analysis of neutral spaces and their relevance for the main themes of the book."--Eors Szathmary, Nature "Wagner contributes significantly to the emerging view that natural selection is just one, and maybe not even the most fundamental, source of biological order. His two-page epilogue throws out seven open questions for systems biologists and neo-Darwinians to consider; hopefully they will do so."--Greg Gibson, Science "This book is invaluable for everybody interested in robustness... I predict that for many years to come, Wagner's book will be the bibliographic reference work of choice for research on robustness."--Claus O. Wilke, BioScience "Unparalleled in its field, this book offers the most detailed analysis available of all facets of robustness within organisms. It will appeal not only to biologists but also to engineers interested in the design of robust systems and to social scientists concerned with robustness in human communities and populations."--Ethnology, Ecology, and Evolution
Book Information
ISBN 9780691134048
Author Andreas Wagner
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 510g