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“A book of startling congruencies, insightful flashes and an artful enthusiasm that delivers knowledge from the inorganic page to our organic brains.”—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) “This well-written, clear analysis of current research will be of interest to those who want a better understanding of the mechanisms of evolution.”—Library Journal“Interesting results, presented clearly.”—Publishers Weekly“Arrival of the Fittest contains brand-new scientific insights told in sparkling literary prose. It is a landmark book that combines original, perhaps revolutionary ideas elegantly explained. In particular, the concept of genotype networks—that there are thousands of ways to alter a metabolic pathway without stopping it from working—promises to solve the enduring puzzle of how natural selection can be such a force for innovation.”—MATT RIDLEY, author of The Red Queen“Arrival of the Fittest reveals the astonishing hidden structure of evolution, long overlooked by biologists, which makes Darwin’s grand idea viable after all. At the same time, it makes life seem even richer and more remarkable than you thought. Darwin would surely have loved this book; I think you will too.”—PHILIP BALL, former editor at Nature; author of The Self-Made Tapestry“Wagner’s engaging and delightful book will open your eyes to the mysteries of innovation. His insights will entertain and astonish you and change the way you think.”—DANIEL E. LIEBERMAN, Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences, Harvard University; author of The Story of the Human Body“A radical departure from the mainstream perspective on Darwinian evolution. Wagner cuts to the core of innovation in living systems. Fundamental. Entertaining. Brilliant.”—ROLF DOBELLI, author of The Art of Thinking Clearly“If there is one subject even more controversial than the evolution of intelligence, it is the intelligence of evolution. Andreas Wagner presents a compelling, authoritative, and up-to-date case for bottom-up intelligence in biological evolution, and it sticks.”—GEORGE DYSON, author of Turing’s Cathedral“Andreas Wagner is one of those rare scientists with the courage and intellect to see the real nature of evolution.”—FRANK VERTOSICK, M.D., FACS, author of When the Air Hits Your Brain and Mind
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Andreas Wagner is a professor in the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He lectures worldwide and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Product details
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Current; 1st edition (October 2, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591846463
ISBN-13: 978-1591846468
Product Dimensions:
6.3 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
85 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#809,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
TL;DR Wagner oversells himself with his title and intro. This book presents a computational model to explain a long-standing evolutionary problem. However, the model (and current computing power) are not sufficient to conclusively address this question.Background: This book was purchased for a graduate seminar in evolution and ecology where we read the book in conjunction with the author's papers. We were all pretty excited by the title (it seemed revolutionary!) but confused as to why none of us (including the lead professor) had not seen the author in our own readings of the literature.Pros:+Engaging writing; has some interesting conceptual presentations+Presents a solid biological background in the first few chaptersCons:-Does not clearly and consistently define terms critical to central points-Overarching structure of the book is confusing and does not have a clear trajectory toward a definite conclusion-Very focused on a simple computational model that does not integrate many important aspects of evolutionary biology (i.e. selection, fitness)-Model is explained through a metaphor that gets repeated a lot, but several elements of the metaphor are never defined. It is unclear how this relates to actual, living biological systems-Middle chapters are highly redundant (they seem to discuss the same model applied to several different levels of biological organization)-Last chapter is suddenly and confusingly about robots-Occasionally drifts toward Creationist language. Wagner claims early on he is NOT a Creationist, but much of his metaphorical language about how innovations come about is similar to Creationist language. This is unfortunate in a book aimed at a lay audience and risks perpetuating misconceptions about evolution.-Does not refer to the work of many evolutionary biologists who are working on very similar work with different (or at least not clearly parallel) conclusions (i.e. Richard Lenski's long-term E. coli experiment)Conclusions: If you are a layperson, this book presents a seductively simple model that risks misleading you about the state of the field. If you are an evolutionary biologist, you will likely be frustrated by Wagner's lack of citations of core evolutionary literature, lack of acknowledgement of fitness/selection component, and lack of clear definition of many of his terms.
Wagner promises but does not deliverIn the prologue to his book Wagner gives the impression that he is going to explain where the "innovations", that is, the variation, or the raw material for natural selection comes from. So as I read the book I waited for the arrival of the fittest. They never came. It turned out that the book wasn't about that at all. Wagner explains not the origin of the variation, but the organization of the variation in genetic networks. The variation here represented by the immense numbers of possible metabolisms, three-dimensional protein and RNA structures and the regulatory circuits. This is all very good and interesting, but how did it end up being organized the way Wagner claims it is? Here and there Wagner falls back on a stale lifesaver: self-organization. It seems that whenever we are stuck, we can resort to self-organization-whatever it may be and however it does its magic-to pull us out of a quagmire.Actually, this would be a pretty good book, if Wagner presented his findings and ideas differently. Perhaps, by starting for the simpler scenario that this is indeed about the organization of the networks that make evolution work. A revision of his inflated writing style would also help tremendously. We don't need to be reminded of the "title character of Jaws" in a discussion of the urea metabolism in cartilaginous fish nor of Erwin Schrodinger's book "What is Life?"-another outdated cliche that won't go away even when it adds nothing to the discussion. And after a while it gets tedious to read about the background of every one of Wagner's students and to be told how talented they were.
An excellent walk though the world of evolution. Arrival of the Fittest is an adventure that anyone who enjoys science will appreciate. Wagner is humorous and knowledgeable and I'm so glad I took the advice of my friend who recommended this book. 5 stars!
Wagner's language is rather flowery, but overall his writing style is engaging and he works hard to incorporate metaphors to make his work more understandable to those who aren't familiar with this field. His main point is that accumulation of neutral mutations (which have no effect on organism function and survival) can allow organisms to explore different genotypes and get closer to innovative mutations (which create a new molecule or reaction that improves organism function or survival). Unfortunately, in his effort to make his work easily understandable, Wagner leaves out a thorough description of the parameters of his computer models, so I was only able to really understand his work after reading some of his published papers (that he cites in this book). I was also bothered by how little research supports the application of his computer models to real evolutionary processes, how all his models ignore natural selection, and how his ideas seem to contradict the work of prominent evolutionary biologists, like Richard Lenski (who works on E. coli, not computer models).
Great writing, interesting but complex subject. Well worth your time to read is you like evolutionary biology.
The content is on the dense side, for me, as I am not a scientist. I think,however, that the topic is intriguing, and I intend to stick with it. I read a lot, but I rattle around between books, magazines, and websites, so my progress with this book will not be rapid.
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