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>I'm still pretty sure a mathematical mind on the order of Newton's could find a way to state evolution by variation and natural selection as a theorem rather t
by thisisdave 12y ago
>I'm still pretty sure a mathematical mind on the order of Newton's could find a way to state evolution by variation and natural selection as a theorem rather than a theory, that follows necessarily from the laws of probability and the facts of chemistry
Apart from the chemistry part (where I don't understand what you mean), biology has had this for 85 years, with numerous extensions and generalizations [1].
[1] http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/Vol74Nos1&2/19.pdf http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/Vol74Nos1&2/19.pdf
- jfarmer 12y agoWorth mentioning that the "Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection" was proposed by R.A. Fisher who was responsible for developing the following techniques and theorems (among many other things): - Analysis of variance (ANOVA) - Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) - Fisher's exact test - The Fisher-Yeats shuffle algorithm In many ways Fisher exemplifies the author's point about what can happen when someone is both fluent in biology and mathematics!