Sherrie Lyons (USA SUNY Empire State College)

Evolution

The Basics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evolution: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the history, development and science of the theory of evolution. Beginning pre-Darwin and concluding with the latest research and controversies, readers are introduced to the origins of the idea of evolution, the ways in which it has developed and been adapted over time and the science underpinning it all.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 127mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9780415592260
• ISBN-10: 0415592267
• Artikelnr.: 33237292

Autorenporträt

Sherrie Lyons is Assistant Professor at the Center for Distance Learning of Empire State College, State University of New York. She is author of Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls: Science at the Margins in the Victorian Age and Thomas Henry Huxley: The Evolution of a Scientist.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Darwinian Cosmos 2. The
Development of a Theory 3. The Maturation of a Theory 4. Expanding the
Modern Synthesis 5. Human Evolution 6. Origins, the Expanion of Life and
the Persistance of Disease 7. Humankind's Future: An Evolutionary
Perspective. Glossary. Bibliography