How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity
How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity
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豹子如何改变斑点：复杂性的演变
DOI：
10.2307/2410461
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发表时间：
1995
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
B. Goodwin
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作者：
B. Goodwin
现代生物学的开端可以追溯到1859年达尔文的《物种起源》一书的出版，从那时起，自然选择和适者生存的机制一直是对地球上生命的唯一解释命题。起源、灭绝、改编都是通过达尔文主义的视角来研究的。但不会再有了。在《豹是如何改变斑点的》一书中，布莱恩·古德温清晰而有说服力地指出，物种的起源和多样性还有另一种解释。就像牛顿世界观在20世纪爱因斯坦革命之前一直占据主导地位一样，达尔文主义必须被一种理论结构所取代，该理论结构承认复杂性是生活的一种内在和紧急的质量，而不仅仅是随机突变和自然选择的结果。古德温证明，有机体是合作的，因为它们是竞争的；利他主义的，因为它们是自私的；创造性和嬉戏的，因为它们是破坏性的和重复的。《豹是如何改变自己的斑点》博大精深，文笔雅致，是物理学定律在生命研究中的精彩应用，是对塑造地球生命的强大力量的阐述，也是对复杂形式进化的沉思。
The beginning of modern biology can be dated to the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, and since that time, the mechanism of natural selection and "survival of the fittest" has served as the only explanatory thesis for life on earth. Origins, extinctions, adaptations have all been studied exclusively through the lens of Darwinism. But no more. In "How the Leopard Changed Its Spots", Brian Goodwin argues clearly and persuasively that there is another explanation for the origin and diversity of species. Like the Newtonian worldview that held sway until the Einsteinian revolution in the twentieth century, so Darwinism must be replaced by a theoretical construct that admits that complexity is an inherent and emergent quality of life, and not merely the result of random mutation and natural selection. Goodwin demonstrates that organisms are as cooperative as they are competitive, as altruistic as they are selfish, as creative and playful as they are destructive and repetitive. Erudite and elegantly written, "How the Leopard Changed Its Spots" is a brilliant application of the laws of physics to the study of life, an exposition of the powerful force that shapes life on earth, and a meditation on the evolution of complex forms.