Principles of Evolution: From the Planck Epoch to Complex Multicellular Life by Hildegard Meyer-OrtmannsEnglish | PDF,EPUB | 2011 | 384 Pages | ISBN : 3642181368 | 11.5 MB
With contributions from a team of leading experts, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of recent achievements in our scientific understanding of evolution. The questions it asks concern the beginnings of the universe, the origin of life and the chances of its arising at all, the role of contingency, and the search for universal features in the plethora of evolutionary phenomena.