Charles darwin as a theoretical biologist in the mechanistic tradition

Trends in Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Penny, David Penny ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conjectures and falsification; Geology; Mechanisms of evolution; Philosophy of science; Role of hypotheses; Theoretical biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849132907     PISSN: 20362641     EISSN: 2036265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/eb.2009.e1     Document Type: Article

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