Originally published in 1985, The Semantic Theory of Evolution addresses the notion that life is not shaped by the single law of natural selection, but instead by a plurality of laws that resemble grammatical rules in language. This remarkable work presents a semantic theory centering on the concept of the ribotype. Supported by both sound facts and logical arguments, this analysis reaches beyond the established cadre of biological thought to unravel many of life’s mysteries and paradoxes, including the origin of the cell and the nucleus and the evolution of ribosomes.
Foreword by René Thom
Introduction
1. The Idea of Evolution
2. The Precambrian
3. Theories of Sudden Life
4. Genotype and Phenotype
5. Theories of Precellular Evolution
6. Theories of Cellular Evolution
7. The Ribotype Theory of the Origins
8. The Ribotype Theory of the Cell
9. The Semantic Theory of Evolution
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Biography
Marcello Barbieri
