Darwin and Lotka: Two Concepts of Population
Population was the subject of two major conceptual developments in the second quarter of the 20th century. Both were inspired by evolutionary biology. Lotka developed a mathematics of evolution in human and other species by analogy to thermodynamic models. His theory followed demographic practice in...
Main Author: | Philip Kreager |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2009-10-01
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Series: | Demographic Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/16/ |
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