Mathematics of Evolution: Errata
http://www.panspermia.org/moefix.htm — last revised 3 July 2012

page	location	correction	thanks to
xv	line 7	"out" S/B "Out"	DE
xiv	line 32	Omit "of"	BK
xvi	line 2	"bacterium" S/B "a bacterium"	BK
xvi	line 8	"Buy" S/B "But"	BK
xvi	line 13	"invade" S/B "invaded"	DE
xvi	line 16	"pointless call" S/B "pointless to call"	DE
xvi	line 19	"every" S/B "ever"	DE
xvii	line 4	"selection, ~100" S/B "selection for ~100"	DE
xvii	line 10	"pathogenesis" S/B "parthenogenesis"	DE
2	line 16	"breath, called" S/B "breath called"	DE
3	line 4	"degree(but" S/B "degree) but"	FH
5	last paragraph	"A Genetical Theory..." S/B "The Genetical Theory..."	TA
8	line 18	"ln x0/s" S/B "(ln x0)/s"	DN & DE
9	line 14	"if of" S/B "of"	DE
11	line 11	"unity as" S/B "unity at"	DE
13	Eq. 1.10	Add [brackets] for clarity: "= {α[(1-|s|)(1-λ)y1 + λy0]}t"	WR & FH
29	line 3	"cells start" S/B "cells which start"	DE
30	line 1	"generation" S/B "generations"	DE
31	line 23	The second p' S/B p''.	WR
31	line 27	"division" S/B "divisions"	DE
34	line 8	"in all is (P,M)" S/B "in all in (P,M)"	DE
44	line 16	"2rM times" S/B "r times"	WR
45	Eq. 3.2	"dx" S/B "dx1"	WR
47	Eq. 3.10	"hx" term in the middle S/B "hs"	WR
49	Eq. 3.17	In subscript, "2h-1" S/B "(2h-1)" for clarity	WR
49	line 12	"written a as" S/B "written α as"	RP
50	Eqs. 3.19 & 3.20	Bottoms of large brackets are missing.	DE
59-60	Chapter 4	First four sentences printed twice.	GI
63	Eqs. 4.11 & 4.12	"0(z3)" S/B "O(z3)"	RP
64	Eq. 4.15, line 2	"(1-2x) δφ / δφ" S/B "(1-2x) δφ / δx" as in Eq. 4.14	WR
65	Eq. 4.20, line 2	the term "δ2 / δx" S/B "δ2 / δx2"	RP
65	Eq. 4.24, line 1	in right-most term, "x2" in denominator S/B in numerator	WR
63-66	Eqs. 4.13 – 4.27	two different symbols for φ (phi) S/B same throughout	VM
72	Eq. 4.43	Omit "say"	WR
78	Eq. 4.73	last term, "f(0, x0)" S/B "f(x0, 0)" as in Eq. 4.72	WR
82	line 9	"than in causing" S/B "than causing"	DE
90	line 16	"exp -N" S/B "exp [-N"	VM
91	line 29	"would ~10" S/B "would be ~10"	DE
95	Hoyle mentions Robert of Normandy and William the Conqueror, saying that Robert was the father of William. Actually, it was the opposite -- William was the father of Robert, and it was Robert who loved Herleva and who was, consequently, Robert's mother, not mistress.		VM
99	line 5	"2·10-6" S/B "2·10-6M"	DE
100	line 12	"few generation." S/B "few generations."	DE
102	line 9	"molecules," S/B "molecules"	DE
103	line 15	"histone-4." S/B "histone-4?"	VM
107	line 35	"Why is that" S/B "Why is it that"	DE
116	line 3	"7" S/B "Λ" as in Eq. 7.10	WR
116	line 18	"opportunity not the speed of" S/B "opportunity, not the speed, of" (for clarity)	DE
116	line 19	"theory, the" S/B "theory. The"	DE
117	line 18	"1907" S/B "1957"	VM
125	line 1	"1/1-z" S/B "1/(1-z)" for clarity	WR
125	Eq. 7.42	entire index (exponent) lacks minus sign as in Eq. 7.41	VM
128	line 3	"Dayholt" S/B "Dayhoff"	RP
128	line "(b)"	"debaryanyces" S/B "debaryomyces"	RP
132	line 7	"shrimp" S/B "sheep"	BK & RP
134	line 8	"If" S/B "if"	DE
136	line 3	"the hold" S/B "to hold"	DE
BK=Brig Klyce, DE=Douglas Early, DN=Diane Nesin, FH=Fred Hoyle, GI=Greg Irwin, RP=Robert Piotrowski, TA=Tanweer Akram, VM=Vitaly Mats, WR=Walter ReMine

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