Sentences with phrase «equilibrium theory»

While some scientists believe there was indeed an explosion of diversity (the so - called punctuated equilibrium theory elaborated by Nils Eldredge the late Stephen J. Gould - Models In Paleobiology, 1972), others believe that such rapid acceleration of evolution is not possible; they posit that there was an extended period of evolutionary progression of all the animal groups, the evidence for which is lost in the all but nonexistent precambrian fossil record.

Mathematical economics as tunnel vision The semantics of mathematical equilibrium theory The subjectivity of statistical categories Problems, dilemmas and quandaries Mathematical economics as a distraction from economic reality The hypothetical «parallel universe» approach to economics Economics vs. the Natural Sciences: The methodology of «as if» Mathematizing the economy's monetary and financial dimension BIBLIOGRAPHY

In 1972 Hicks won the Nobel prize for economics on the basis of Value and Capital, on the economic equilibrium theory, in particular the issue of the stability of equilibrium in an economic system exposed to external shocks.

The plenary address titled «Punctuated Equilibrium Meets Cancer: Big Promise Requires Big Change» will draw from evolutionary biology's punctuated equilibrium theory to set out why stable systems such as cancer research sometimes require swift and fundamental change to advance.