Mutation, randomness, & evolution

Introduction: a curious disconnect

Ordinary randomness

Practical randomness

Evolutionary randomness

Mutation mechanisms and evolvability

Randomness as irrelevance

The problem of variation

Climbing mount probable

The revolt of the day

Moving on

Appendix A: Mutation exemplars

Appendix B: Counting the universe of mutations

Appendix C: Tandomness quotations

Appendix D: Irrelevance quotations.