Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove that evolution works on a mathematical level.
For years it has been received wisdom among most scientists that, just as Darwin claimed, all of the Earth's life forms evolved by blind chance. But does Darwin's theory function on a purely mathematical level? It's a question no one has yet answered—in fact, no one has attempted to answer it until now. In this illuminating and provocative book, Gregory Chaitin argues that we can't be sure evolution makes sense without a mathematical theory, and he goes on to elucidate the mathematical scheme he's developed that can explain life itself. He also explores metabiology, a new way of thinking about biological science that highlights the mathematical structures underpinning the biological world. In doing so, Chaitin makes clear how biology may have found its greatest ally in mathematics.
For years it has been received wisdom among most scientists that, just as Darwin claimed, all of the Earth's life forms evolved by blind chance. But does Darwin's theory function on a purely mathematical level? It's a question no one has yet answered—in fact, no one has attempted to answer it until now. In this illuminating and provocative book, Gregory Chaitin argues that we can't be sure evolution makes sense without a mathematical theory, and he goes on to elucidate the mathematical scheme he's developed that can explain life itself. He also explores metabiology, a new way of thinking about biological science that highlights the mathematical structures underpinning the biological world. In doing so, Chaitin makes clear how biology may have found its greatest ally in mathematics.
