Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

• A new understanding of how evolution works
• Eagerly awaited work from a leading figure in the field
• Guides the reader carefully through the latest research on natural selection
• Lively and readable - no expertise in philosophy or biology required

Readership: Advanced students and scholars of philosophy and biology

Peter Godfrey-Smith, Harvard University

"Peter Godfrey-Smith's Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection is a dense and deep work on the foundations of evolutionary biology... Godrey-Smith's book fruitfully forces us to think in new ways about evolution and natural selection." - Jay Odenbaugh, Science

"Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection will be something to be reckoned with for anybody interested in the conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory and in the applicability of Darwinian ideas beyond the strict confines of biological evolution." - Massimo Pigliucci, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

1: Introduction and Overview
2: Natural Selection and its Representation
3: Variation, Selection, and Origins
4: Reproduction and Individuality
5: Bottlenecks, Germ Lines, and Queen Bees
6: Levels and Transitions
7: The Gene's Eye View
8: Cultural Evolution
Appendix. Models