What Evolution Is
From Theory to Fact
$40.46
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2003
Summary
Evolution is the most important idea in biology, with implications that go far beyond science. But despite more than a century’s progress in understanding, there is still widespread confusion about what evolution is, how it works and why it is the only plausible mechanism that can account for the remarkable diversity of life on Earth. Now, for the first time in a book aimed at a general audience, one of the founding fathers of modern biology tells us what we know - and what we do not know - a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753813683 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753813688 |
| Author: | Ernst Mayr |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Science Masters |
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“Mayr is one of the influential scientists of the last century. This compact book delivers the wealth of his 70 year career in a single, well measured punch.” GLASGOW HERALD “We are taken all the way from Darwin to the frontiers of biology, including ideas on the causes of altruism and the consequences for humans now that natural selection is no longer happening to us.” OBSERVER
About The Author
Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr was born in Germany in 1904. He was one of the main architects of the modern synthesis of genetic and evolutionary theory and his career has spanned fields as diverse as ornithology, systematics, zoo-geography, evolutionary theory and the history and philosophy of science. He has written 13 books and published more than 700 scientific papers.
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