On the Origins and Dynamics of Biodiversity: the Role of Chance

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pavé, Alain (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Έκδοση: 1st.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Biology > Philosophy.; Biodiversity.; Ecology.; Life Sciences.; Philosophy of Biology.; Theoretical Ecology/Statistics.

What are the origins of chance? Although its existence has long been accepted as a fact, the theory of probability only allows us to examine the random events produced by chance without enabling us to determine what creates it – and this despite knowing that living systems (from the cell to organism...