The Discovery of Evolution

David Young (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2007 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-68746-1 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 2007, The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major puzzles that confront anyone studying living things are discussed and it details how these were solved from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with the emergence of the early naturalists in the seventeenth century, the scientific discoveries that led up to and then flowed from Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection are then discussed, and finally the modern evolutionary studies at the close of the twentieth century are detailed. This new edition of The Discovery of Evolution is fully updated and contains a new chapter on the evolutionary studies of the twentieth century. By approaching the topic of evolution in this way, it is made accessible to the non-specialist and no previous study of biology is required in order to read and understand this book.

David Young is the Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Introduction; 1. Evolution - journey's guide; 2. Puzzles for the naturalist; 3. Matters of place and time; 4. A natural history of creation; 5. The species question; 6. Life's genealogy and natural selection; 7. A rich inheritance; 8. Synthesis and species; 9. The continuing journey; 10. Evolution, truth, theory or myth?; Evolutionary who's who; Evolutionary reading; References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.8.2007
Zusatzinfo	16 Plates, color; 7 Halftones, unspecified; 125 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	188 x 246 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	0-521-68746-2 / 0521687462
ISBN-13	978-0-521-68746-1 / 9780521687461
Zustand	Neuware