Darwin''s Biological Work - Some Aspects Reconsidered

Klappentext This collection of essays demonstrates the width of Darwin's interests and ability as a biologist. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays demonstrates the width of Darwin's interests and ability as a biologist. The theory of evolution by natural selection was! of course! his most important achievement and is covered in three of the essays. The other essays deal with subjects about which Darwin wrote separate books. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; Preface; 1. The movement of plants in response to light P. R. Bell; 2. Palaeontology and evolution J. Challenor; 3. Natural selection J. B. S. Haldane; 4. Developments in the study of animal communication P. Marler; 5. Cross- and self-fertilization in plants H. L. K. Whitehouse; 6. Buffon, Lamarck and Darwin: the originality of Darwin's theory of evolution J. S. Wilkie; Notes and references.

Product details

• Authors: P. R. Bell
• Assisted by: P. R. Bell (Editor), Bell P. R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107697157
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69715-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Evolution / Evolutionary biology