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In this episode we examine the possibility (or impossibility) of evolution by studying what the maths have to say.
References:
Creationist Arguments
icr.org/article/7098
uncommondescent.com/evolution/the-equations-of-evolution
icr.org/article/mathematical-impossibility-evolution
On the Origin of Species
publicliterature.org/books/origin_of_species/1
Darwin Discussing the Gemmule Darwin, C. R. October 1869. Pangenesis.—Mr. Darwin's reply to Professor Delpino. Scientific Opinion: A Weekly Record of Scientific Progress at Home & Abroad 2
Mendel - "Experiments on Plant Hybridization"
mendelweb.org/Mendel.html
Godfrey Hardy's derivation of the Hardy-Weinberg Equation
esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/hardy.pdf
Alfred J. Lotka's derivations of the Lotka-Volterra equations.
ia802708.us.archive.org/17/items/elementsofphysic017171mbp/elementsofphysic017171mbp.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1085052/pdf/pnas01891-0031.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1085053/pdf/pnas01891-0035.pdf
Vito Volterra's derivations of the Lotka-Volterra equations.
math.ualberta.ca/~tomasd/stateco/scan.pdf
Ronald Fisher "The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection"
archive.org/details/geneticaltheoryo031631mbp
George Price "Fisher's fundamental theorem made clear"
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.366.4070&rep=rep1&type=pdf
George Price and John Maynard "The logic of animal conflict"
ftp://oceane.obs-vlfr.fr/pub/irisson/papers/Maynard%20Smith1973-The%20logic%20of%20animal%20conflict00.pdf
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane "Suggestions as to quantitative measurement of rates of evolution"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1949.tb00004.x/pdf
Jeremy England - Abiogenesis Calculations
Journal Paper
aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4818538
Popular Article
businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=auddev-test1223
Update on Jeremy England's work.
pnas.org/content/114/29/7565.abstract
In this episode we examine the possibility (or impossibility) of evolution by studying what the maths have to say.
References:
Creationist Arguments
icr.org/article/7098
uncommondescent.com/evolution/the-equations-of-evolution
icr.org/article/mathematical-impossibility-evolution
On the Origin of Species
publicliterature.org/books/origin_of_species/1
Darwin Discussing the Gemmule Darwin, C. R. October 1869. Pangenesis.—Mr. Darwin's reply to Professor Delpino. Scientific Opinion: A Weekly Record of Scientific Progress at Home & Abroad 2
Mendel - "Experiments on Plant Hybridization"
mendelweb.org/Mendel.html
Godfrey Hardy's derivation of the Hardy-Weinberg Equation
esp.org/foundations/genetics/classical/hardy.pdf
Alfred J. Lotka's derivations of the Lotka-Volterra equations.
ia802708.us.archive.org/17/items/elementsofphysic017171mbp/elementsofphysic017171mbp.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1085052/pdf/pnas01891-0031.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1085053/pdf/pnas01891-0035.pdf
Vito Volterra's derivations of the Lotka-Volterra equations.
math.ualberta.ca/~tomasd/stateco/scan.pdf
Ronald Fisher "The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection"
archive.org/details/geneticaltheoryo031631mbp
George Price "Fisher's fundamental theorem made clear"
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.366.4070&rep=rep1&type=pdf
George Price and John Maynard "The logic of animal conflict"
ftp://oceane.obs-vlfr.fr/pub/irisson/papers/Maynard%20Smith1973-The%20logic%20of%20animal%20conflict00.pdf
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane "Suggestions as to quantitative measurement of rates of evolution"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1949.tb00004.x/pdf
Jeremy England - Abiogenesis Calculations
Journal Paper
aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4818538
Popular Article
businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=auddev-test1223
Update on Jeremy England's work.
pnas.org/content/114/29/7565.abstract
