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In the mid-twentieth century, however, the complex, dynamic process of evolution was simplified into the one-way, bottom-up, single gene-centered paradigm widely known as the modern synthesis. In \u003ci\u003eEvolution “On Purpose\u003c\/i\u003e,” edited by Peter A. Corning, Stuart A. Kauffman, Denis Noble, James A. Shapiro, Richard I. Vane-Wright, and Addy Pross, some twenty theorists attempt to modify this reductive approach by exploring in depth the different ways in which living systems have themselves shaped the course of evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolution “On Purpose”\u003c\/i\u003e puts forward a more inclusive theoretical synthesis that goes far beyond the underlying principles and assumptions of the modern synthesis to accommodate work since the 1950s in molecular genetics, developmental biology, epigenetic inheritance, genomics, multilevel selection, niche construction, physiology, behavior, biosemiotics, chemical reaction theory, and other fields. In the view of the authors, active biological processes are responsible for the direction and the rate of evolution. Essays in this collection grapple with topics from the two-way “read-write” genome to cognition and decision-making in plants to the niche-construction activities of many organisms to the self-making evolution of humankind.  As this collection compellingly shows, and as bacterial geneticist James Shapiro emphasizes, “The capacity of living organisms to alter their own heredity is undeniable.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003ePeter A. Corning\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems and Professor of Human Biology at Stanford University. 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He has published over 350 articles and six books: \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Order\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvestigations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReinventing the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHumanity in a Creative Universe,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA World beyond Physics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDenis Noble\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford until 2004, when he retired and switched his focus to evolutionary biology. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Music of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDance to the Tune of Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Shapiro is Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. He has published pioneering books on mobile genetic elements, natural genetic engineering, bacterial multicellularity, and read-write genome evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard I. Vane-Wright is an entomologist associated with the Natural History Museum (London) for over 60 years. He now divides his time between studies on the history of entomology, butterfly systematics, the theory of evolution, and attitudes to nature and the conservation of biodiversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddy Pross is\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Chemistry (Emeritus) at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His research interests lie in the physics\/chemistry-biology relationship and the origin of life problem. His pioneering book \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Life? 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