Why Evolution is True
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ISBN:
9780199230853
Publication date:
13/01/2017
Paperback
336 pages
196x129mm
Price: 599.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199230853
Publication date:
13/01/2017
Paperback
336 pages
Jerry A. Coyne
While other books describe the concept and the processes by which evolution proceeds, Why Evolution is True presents the evidence: using modern science to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the process first proposed by Darwin.,Allows the reader to understand all the evidence, drawn from diverse areas of modern science, which supports Darwinian evolution.,Presents the very latest research from the fields of genetics, palaeontology, geology, molecular biology, anatomy, and development.,Written by one of the world's foremost evolutionary biologists,Besides examining the evidence, the book dispels common misunderstandings about what evolution is: whether it is a fact or 'only' a theory, and what its implications are for human culture and for our sense of purpose and meaning.
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Jerry A. Coyne
Description
For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection.
Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The very latest research is uncovering a stream of evidence revealing evolution in action - from the actual observation of a species splitting into two, to new fossil discoveries, to the deciphering of the evidence stored in our genome. Why Evolution is True weaves together the many threads of modern
work in genetics, palaeontology, geology, molecular biology, anatomy, and development to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the processes first proposed by Darwin. It is a crisp, lucid, and accessible statement that will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth of evolution.
About the author
Jerry A. Coyne, Professor of Ecology & Evolution, University of ChicagoJerry A. Coyne
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
1:What is Evolution?
2:Written in The Rocks
3:Remnants: Vestiges, Embryos, and Bad Design
4:The Geography of Life
5:The Engine of Evolution
6:How Sex Drives Evolution
7:The Origin of Species
8:What about Us?
9:Evolution Redux
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
References
Jerry A. Coyne
Description
For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection.
Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The very latest research is uncovering a stream of evidence revealing evolution in action - from the actual observation of a species splitting into two, to new fossil discoveries, to the deciphering of the evidence stored in our genome. Why Evolution is True weaves together the many threads of modern
work in genetics, palaeontology, geology, molecular biology, anatomy, and development to demonstrate the 'indelible stamp' of the processes first proposed by Darwin. It is a crisp, lucid, and accessible statement that will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth of evolution.
About the author
Jerry A. Coyne, Professor of Ecology & Evolution, University of ChicagoTable of contents
Preface
Introduction
1:What is Evolution?
2:Written in The Rocks
3:Remnants: Vestiges, Embryos, and Bad Design
4:The Geography of Life
5:The Engine of Evolution
6:How Sex Drives Evolution
7:The Origin of Species
8:What about Us?
9:Evolution Redux
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
References
Alan Winfield
Kenneth Falconer
Jamie Woodward
Frank Close
John Krebs
David Muir Wood
