Evolution, 2nd Edition
A Very Short Introduction
$28.83
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
3 July 2017
Summary
Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the Earth was at the centre of a Universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the Universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Even less than 150 years ago, the view that living species were the result of special creation by God was still dominant.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198804369 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198804369 |
| Author: | Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 120mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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About The Author
Brian Charlesworth
Brian Charlesworth is a Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, and former President of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Deborah Charlesworth is a Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, and former President of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Together they have written Elements of Evolutionary Genetics (Roberts & Company, 2010).
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