04194nam a22004935i 4500 978-3-662-69423-7 DE-He213 20251030112612.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240826s2024 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783662694237 978-3-662-69423-7 10.1007/978-3-662-69423-7 doi QH359-425 PSAJ bicssc SCI027000 bisacsh PSAJ thema Knoflacher, Markus. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79992 Relativity of Evolution [electronic resource] / by Markus Knoflacher. 1st ed. 2024. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXVII, 684 p. 119 illus., 67 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1. Why this book? -- Chapter 2. Darwin's Long Shadow -- Chapter 3. Where Can We Find Approaches to Understanding Evolutionary Processes? -- Chapter 4. Perplexing Cats and Demons: Pointers to the Quantum-Physical Foundations of Life -- Chapter 5. General Characteristics and Properties of Organic Life -- Chapter 6. Information Processes -- Chapter 7. Biological Energy Transformation -- Chapter 8. Imbalances: Sources of All Change -- Chapter 9. Biological Evolutionary Lineages in Marine Habitats of the Phanerozoic -- Chapter 10. Biological Evolutionary Lineages in Terrestrial Habitats in the Phanerozoic -- Chapter 11. Epilogue. This book focuses primarily on evolutionary processes (rather than evolutionary history). Topics covered are abiotic framework conditions, morphology and physiology of living organisms, fossil and molecular evidence of evolutionary developments. The basic processes of biological evolution are already established in unicellular organisms. Evolutionary options for multicellular organisms arise in a simplified way from the usable energetic transformation potentials and the dynamics of abiotic and biotic interactions. Evolutionary processes of multicellular organisms are therefore predominantly determined by the conditions of the surrounding systems. This is most clearly shown by comparisons of the evolutionary development of vertebrates under marine and terrestrial conditions. For reasons of efficiency alone, no single species can have the equipment to capture and sustainably shape the surrounding systems in the long term. Depending on the available energetic transformation potentials, a single species is very well able to change the surrounding systems - but without being able to capture the resulting long-term consequences. This gives rise to fundamentally new questions for the design and limits of social action that makes sense in the long term. This book is a translation of an updated and revised version of the original German work: Relativität der Evolution, ISBN 978-3-662-63936-8. Translated by Robert D. Martin. The Author Dr. Markus Knoflacher studied Zoology and Botany at the University of Vienna in Austria and acquired a doctoral degree in philosophy. His professional career in extra-university institutions was focussed on interdisciplinary research tackled from the perspective of systems theory. After retirement he conducts research as an independent scientist. Evolution (Biology). 64762 Evolution Religious aspects. 77809 Evolutionary Biology. 66166 Evolutionary Theory. 79993 Evolutionary Studies. 77811 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783662694220 Printed edition: 9783662694244 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-69423-7 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB 61322 61322