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Williams, George Christopher was born on May 12, 1926 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Felix and Margaret (Steuart) Williams.
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Biological evolution is a fact--but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. In 1966, simple Darwinism, which holds that evolution functions primarily at the level of the individual organism, was threatened by opposing concepts such as group selection, a popular idea stating that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. George Williams's famous argument in favor of the Darwinists struck a powerful blow to those in opposing camps. His Adaptation and Natural Selection, now a classic of science literature, is a thorough and convincing essay in defense of Darwinism; its suggestions for developing effective principles for dealing with the evolution debate and its relevance to many fields outside biology ensure the timelessness of this critical work.
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In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his own perspective on modern evolutionary theory, including discussions of the gene as the unit of selection, clade selection and macroevolution, diversity within and among populations, stasis, and other timely and provocative topics. In dealing with the levels-of-selection controversy, he urges a pervasive form of the replicator-vehicle distinction. Natural selection, he argues, takes place in the separate domains of information and matter. Levels-of-selection questions, consequently, require different theoretical devices depending on the domains being discussed. In addressing these topics, Williams presents a synthesis of his three decades of research and creative thought which have contributed greatly to evolutionary biology in this century.
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biologist ecology and evolution educator
Williams, George Christopher was born on May 12, 1926 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Felix and Margaret (Steuart) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1995.
Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2000.
Instructor and assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1955-1960; associate professor department ecology and evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1960-1966; professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1966-1990. Adjunct Professor Queens U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, since 1980.
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With United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences (Daniel Giraud Elliot medal 1992), Society Study Evolution (vice president 1973, president 1989), American Society Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, American Society Naturalists (editor 1974-1979), Icelandic Natural History Society.
Married Doris Lee Calhoun, January 25, 1951. Children: Jacques, Sibyl, Judith, Phoebe.