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This book explores the role of exaptation in diverse areas of life,
with examples ranging from biology to economics, social sciences
and architecture. The concept of exaptation, introduced in
evolutionary biology by Gould and Vrba in 1982, describes the
possibility that already existing traits can be exploited for new
purposes throughout the evolutionary process. Edited by three
active scholars in the fields of biology, physics and economics,
the book presents an interdisciplinary collection of expert
viewpoints illustrating the importance of exaptation for
interpreting current reality in various fields of investigation.
Using the lenses of exaptation, the contributing authors show how
to view the overall macroscopic landscape as comprising many
disciplines, all working in unity within a single complex system.
This book is the first to discuss exaptation in both hard and soft
disciplines and highlights the role of this concept in
understanding the birth of innovation by identifying key elements
and ideas. It also offers a comprehensive guide to the emerging
interdisciplinary field of exaptation, provides didactic
explanations of the basic concepts, and avoids excessive jargon and
heavy formalism. Its target audience includes graduate students in
physics, biology, mathematics, economics, psychology and
architecture; it will also appeal to established researchers in the
humanities who wish to explore or enter this new science-driven
interdisciplinary field.
This book explores the role of exaptation in diverse areas of life,
with examples ranging from biology to economics, social sciences
and architecture. The concept of exaptation, introduced in
evolutionary biology by Gould and Vrba in 1982, describes the
possibility that already existing traits can be exploited for new
purposes throughout the evolutionary process. Edited by three
active scholars in the fields of biology, physics and economics,
the book presents an interdisciplinary collection of expert
viewpoints illustrating the importance of exaptation for
interpreting current reality in various fields of investigation.
Using the lenses of exaptation, the contributing authors show how
to view the overall macroscopic landscape as comprising many
disciplines, all working in unity within a single complex system.
This book is the first to discuss exaptation in both hard and soft
disciplines and highlights the role of this concept in
understanding the birth of innovation by identifying key elements
and ideas. It also offers a comprehensive guide to the emerging
interdisciplinary field of exaptation, provides didactic
explanations of the basic concepts, and avoids excessive jargon and
heavy formalism. Its target audience includes graduate students in
physics, biology, mathematics, economics, psychology and
architecture; it will also appeal to established researchers in the
humanities who wish to explore or enter this new science-driven
interdisciplinary field.
Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of theoretical and
experimental contributions to cancer research from different fields
of physics, from biomechanics and soft-condensed matter physics to
the statistical mechanics of complex systems. Reviewing these
contributions and providing a sophisticated overview of the topic,
this is the first book devoted to the emerging interdisciplinary
field of cancer physics. Systematically integrating approaches from
physics and biology, it includes topics such as cancer initiation
and progression, metastasis, angiogenesis, cancer stem cells, tumor
immunology, cancer cell mechanics and migration. Biological
hallmarks of cancer are presented in an intuitive yet comprehensive
way, providing graduate-level students and researchers in physics
with a thorough introduction to this important subject. The impact
of the physical mechanisms of cancer are explained through
analytical and computational models, making this an essential
reference for cancer biologists interested in cutting-edge
quantitative tools and approaches coming from physics.
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