Evolution is a central concept in Biology and must be understood to appreciate Biology as well as the history of modern science. It is "Intelligent Design" this season's well oiled gust of political hot air, that has no place in a science text book.
Exor asks: "Can you use Math to calculate what is going on?"
Yes, I'm a chemical engineer and I do that very well, as my understanding grows, so grows my power to predict outcomes.
So I reference the University of Utah's Math Department Web Site and make a prediction:
The University of Utah has Graduate Studies in Mathematical Biology. They have Cross-Disciplinary Research Training in Mathematical Biology to train graduate students to use the tools of Applied Mathematics to study the challenging problems of modern biology.
The broad research emphases of the program are Biofluids, Ecology, and
Evolutionary Biology, Neuroscience, and Physiology.
I guarantee if you send them this thread along with a stickered high school biology text, they will have a really good belly laugh.
