{"product_id":"evolution-in-four-dimensions-revised-edition-genetic-epigenetic-behavioral-and-symbolic-variation-in-the-history-of-life-9780262525848","title":"Evolution in Four Dimensions, Revised Edition: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pioneering proposal for a pluralistic extension of evolutionary theory, now updated to reflect the most recent research. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the widely read \u003ci\u003eEvolution in Four Dimensions\u003c\/i\u003e has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since the book was first published in 2005, offering corrections, an updated bibliography, and a substantial new chapter. Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb's pioneering argument proposes that there is more to heredity than genes. They describe four \"dimensions\" in heredity--four inheritance systems that play a role in evolution: genetic, epigenetic (or non-DNA cellular transmission of traits), behavioral, and symbolic (transmission through language and other forms of symbolic communication). These systems, they argue, can all provide variations on which natural selection can act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJablonka and Lamb present a richer, more complex view of evolution than that offered by the gene-based Modern Synthesis, arguing that induced and acquired changes also play a role. Their lucid and accessible text is accompanied by artist-physician Anna Zeligowski's lively drawings, which humorously and effectively illustrate the authors' points. Each chapter ends with a dialogue in which the authors refine their arguments against the vigorous skepticism of the fictional \"I.M.\" (for Ipcha Mistabra--Aramaic for \"the opposite conjecture\"). The extensive new chapter, presented engagingly as a dialogue with I.M., updates the information on each of the four dimensions--with special attention to the epigenetic, where there has been an explosion of new research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the first edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With courage and verve, and in a style accessible to general readers, Jablonka and Lamb lay out some of the exciting new pathways of Darwinian evolution that have been uncovered by contemporary research.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Evelyn Fox Keller, MIT, author of\u003ci\u003e Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In their beautifully written and impressively argued new book, Jablonka and Lamb show that the evidence from more than fifty years of molecular, behavioral and linguistic studies forces us to reevaluate our inherited understanding of evolution.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Oren Harman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is not only an enjoyable read, replete with ideas and facts of interest but it does the most valuable thing a book can do--it makes you think and reexamine your premises and long-held conclusions.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Adam Wilkins, \u003ci\u003eBioEssays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEva Jablonka is Professor at Tel-Aviv University. She is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEvolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTransformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarion J. Lamb was Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, before her retirement. Jablonka and Lamb are also the authors of\u003ci\u003e Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bradford Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318730166546,"sku":"9780262525848","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e7f6c291-69a4-4bc7-9855-603dc87b354f.jpg?v=1727560356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/evolution-in-four-dimensions-revised-edition-genetic-epigenetic-behavioral-and-symbolic-variation-in-the-history-of-life-9780262525848","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}