[Nebullis]

This article will attempt a new approach - starting at the mathematics/physics angle - to explore the much argued subject of biological evolution.

With all due admiration for your unbounded energy, this is not a new approach at all. You'll encounter a host of mathematicians and physicists who have published articles in places like PRL, J. Theor. Biology, Theor. Pop. Biology, Statistical Physics, J. Mathematical Biology and others. There are hundreds of those researchers who have put forth simple and, sometimes, silly models of evolution. Fields such as thermodynamics, emergence, adaptive systems, and mechanics have all been applied to biological evolution. And don't forget the evolutionists who have developed strong mathematical models of evolution. Names like Smith, Fisher, Haldane, Wright come to mind. The hope is that one of these days, the mathematicians and physicist who devise elegant, clean, simple models of evolution might bother to learn some actual biology.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your post!

With all due admiration for your unbounded energy, this is not a new approach at all.

Indeed, it is however a new approach for me and my collection of musings - and it is new for the debate here on the forum.

The hope is that one of these days, the mathematicians and physicist who devise elegant, clean, simple models of evolution might bother to learn some actual biology.

I tried to use some mathematicians and physicists who would pass your scrutiny on that very point. Rocha and Pattee came from your Santa Fe lead. And Yockey from the same line of research, he authored the book "Information Theory and Molecular Biology." And of course, Schützenberger was a doctor of medicine as well as a mathematician.