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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      29 June 2018
      19 July 2018
      ISBN:
      9781316276259
      9781107111721
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316276259
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.22kg, 552 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Genetics, Life Sciences, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Statistics and Probability
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    A. W. F. Edwards is one of the most influential mathematical geneticists in the history of the discipline. One of the last students of R. A. Fisher, Edwards pioneered the statistical analysis of phylogeny in collaboration with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, and helped establish Fisher's concept of likelihood as a standard of statistical and scientific inference. In this book, edited by philosopher of science Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, Edwards's key papers are assembled alongside commentaries by leading scientists, discussing Edwards's influence on their own research and on thinking in their field overall. In an extensive interview with Winther, Edwards offers his thoughts on his contributions, their legacy, and the context in which they emerged. This book is a resource both for anyone interested in the history and philosophy of genetics, statistics, and science, and for scientists seeking to develop new algorithmic and statistical methods for understanding the genetic relationships between and among species both extant and extinct.

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    ‘… those interested in the scientific process want to look behind that public image. How did these theories and experiments develop? What were the false starts and confusions that were embraced initially and then overcome? In what way do ethical and political factors affect the scientific process, and ought they to do so? One of the virtues of this volume is that it does not shortchange this set of questions.’

    Elliott Sober Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

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