Book ID: 100378
Wagner, Andreas
The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations. A Theory of Transformative Change in Living Systems. 2011. 253 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The first major synthesis of existing knowledge that will form thebasis of a theory of innovation in living systems. The book describesthree broad classes of innovations that have played a key role in thehistory of life, new metabolic pathways, new activity patterns, and newmolecules. It demonstrates how these three different systems share anumber of organisational principles that accomplish the goals of atheory of innovation.