Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science
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Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science

Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards with Commentaries

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Phylogenetic Inference, Selection Theory, and History of Science

Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards with Commentaries

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Frontispiece
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Selected Featured Papers of A. W. F. Edwards
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Dedication
  10. Introduction
  11. Part 1 Selected Papers of A. W. F. Edwards
  12. Part 2 Commentaries
  13. Part 3 Interviews with A. W. F. Edwards
  14. Part 4 A. W. F. Edwards
  15. Appendix 1 A Geometric Interpretation of [192]
  16. Appendix 2 The Genetic Reification of “Race”: A Story of Two Mathematical Methods
  17. Appendix 3 ‘My Fisher’
  18. Appendix 4 1963 Antonio’s Theorem
  19. Index