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Genetic effects are the core concepts from which quantitative genetics and the evolutionary synthesis emerged. The groundbreaking theory of genetic effects was first proposed over a century ago. This book revises that theory, both conceptually and mathematically, and brings it up-to-date. The theory here compiled is supplemented with non-previously-published developments covering the broadest spectrum of simultaneously multiallelic and multilocus architectures with autosomal and sex-linked loci Arbitrary interactions (dominance, gene-gene, gene-environment, gene-sex, and parent-of-origin interactions) are accounted for Both effects of allele substitutions from the reference of individual genotypes and in the context of populations are worked out Populations are considered regardless of any departures from equilibrium frequencies (including both departures from Hardy-Weinberg, departures from linkage equilibrium, and non-random associations between/among genes and environments) All developments are derived under the same mathematical framework, so that transformations of genetic effects between different contexts are easily allowed In brief, this book enables novel applications to current empirical paradigms (like gene-mapping and genomic prediction) while adhering to the classical conceptualization of genetic effects and variance decomposition that let quantitative genetics and the evolutionary synthesis flourish. All relevant concepts are carefully clarified and discussed from a historical perspective. The theoretical developments presented in the book are illustrated by built-in cases and applications with real data. Reassuringly, the adequacy of the theory here presented is corroborated based on the fundamentals of model development.

Evolutionary genetics. --- Biomathematics. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Ecological genetics. --- Population genetics. --- Evolutionary Genetics. --- Mathematical and Computational Biology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Ecological Genetics. --- Population Genetics. --- Evolutionary Theory. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Genètica ecològica --- Genètica ecològica. --- Evolució (Biologia) --- Genètica evolutiva.

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How do the films of Kubrick communicate mental events of characters in a purely visual manner? And how does the music in his films express meaning when music in essence is an abstract and non-representational art form? Drawing on state-of-the-art discoveries within embodied cognitive science, this book sets out to address these and other questions by revealing Kubrick as a genuine artist of embodied meaning-making, a filmmaker who perhaps more than any other director, uses all the resources of filmmaking in such a controlled and dense manner as to elicit the embodied tools necessary to achieve a level of conceptual clarity.

Film theory & criticism --- 2001: A Space Odyssey. --- 20th century film. --- Barry Lyndon. --- Eyes Wide Shut. --- Paths of Glory. --- Stanley Kubrick. --- The Shining. --- aesthetics. --- artistic intention. --- cinema studies. --- cognitive film theory. --- cognitive linguistics. --- communication. --- directing. --- embodied cognitive science. --- embodied meaning. --- evolutionary theory. --- film as language. --- film scores. --- film semiotics. --- film studies. --- film. --- filmmaking. --- metaphor. --- methodology. --- music. --- perception. --- philosophy. --- psychoanalysis. --- screenwriting. --- semiotics. --- twentieth century film.

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Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two-in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience for the first time. Using artist Rudolph Zallinger's majestic The Age of Mammals mural at the Peabody Museum as a frame for his narrative, Wallace deftly moves over varied terrain-drawing from history, science, evolutionary theory, and art history-to present a lively account of fossil discoveries and an overview of what those discoveries have revealed about early mammals and their evolution. In these pages we encounter towering mammoths, tiny horses, giant-clawed ground sloths, whales with legs, uintatheres, zhelestids, and other exotic extinct creatures as well as the scientists who discovered and wondered about their remains. We meet such memorable figures as Georges Cuvier, Richard Owen, Edward D. Cope, George Gaylord Simpson, and Stephen Jay Gould and learn of their heated disputes, from Cuvier's and Owen's fights with early evolutionists to present controversies over the Late Cretaceous mass extinction. Wallace's own lifelong interest in evolution is reflected in the book's evocative and engaging style and in the personal experiences he expertly weaves into the tale, providing an altogether expansive perspective on what Darwin described as the "grandeur" of evolution.

Mammals --- Mammals, Fossil. --- Amniotes, Fossil --- Vertebrates, Fossil --- Evolution. --- ancient mammals. --- art history. --- controversial. --- dawn horses. --- early mammals. --- evolution. --- evolutionary biology. --- evolutionary history. --- evolutionary science. --- evolutionary theory. --- evolutionists. --- exotic creatures. --- extinct animals. --- fossils. --- historians. --- historical. --- late cretaceous period. --- life sciences. --- mammal evolution. --- mammals. --- mass extinction. --- natural history. --- naturalists. --- nonfiction. --- paleontology. --- richard owen. --- sloths. --- walking whales. --- zhelestids. --- zoology.

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In this wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, the author argues that underlying the global environmental crisis is a general resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technology-based culture and its energy-hungry products. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and technology, from the first use of tools as artificial extensions of the human body, to the motorised cities spreading around the world, whose uncontrolled effects are changing the planet itself. Advancing a new concept of the meme, called the 'technical meme', as the primary agent of cognitive extension and technical embodiment, the author proposes a theory of the 'extended self' encompassing material and spatial as well as psychological and social elements. Drawing upon research from philosophy, psychology and the neurosciences, the book presents a new approach to environmental and cultural studies that will appeal to a broad readership searching for insights into the crisis.

Architecture and society. --- Architecture --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Social aspects --- Human factors --- Bernard Stiegler. --- autopoiesis. --- cognitive roots. --- combinativity. --- concept of the self. --- extended self. --- group identities. --- human body. --- human evolution. --- human perception. --- individual identities. --- memes. --- neo-Darwinian concepts. --- orthodox evolutionary theory. --- personal powers. --- scope of inquiry. --- spatial cognition. --- theory of extended minds. --- vernacular architecture.

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In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective-global peace and justice. She asks: If we celebrate the success of women becoming more like men in professional life, should we not simultaneously hope that men become more like women-in caring for others, rejecting violence, and valuing the work of caring both publicly and personally? Drawing on current work on evolution, and bringing concrete examples from women's lived experience to make a strong case for her position, Noddings answers this question by locating one source of morality in maternal instinct. She traces the development of the maternal instinct to natural caring and ethical caring, offering a preliminary sketch of what a care-driven concept of justice might look like. Finally, to advance the cause of caring, peace, and women's advancement, Noddings urges women to abandon institutional, patriarchal religion and to seek their own paths to spirituality.

Caring. --- Motherhood --- Ethics, Evolutionary. --- Feminist ethics. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- care driven justice. --- educators. --- ethical caring. --- ethics of care. --- ethics. --- evolution. --- evolutionary theory. --- family. --- gender roles. --- gender studies. --- global peace. --- justice. --- maternal feelings. --- maternal instincts. --- maternity. --- men and women. --- modern philosophy. --- morality. --- nonfiction. --- nurturing. --- patriarchal religion. --- personal care. --- philosophers. --- professional success. --- professional women. --- public care. --- spiritual path. --- women in the workplace. --- women. --- womens advancement.