Evolution: The Basics - The Basics

Zusatztext 'Lyons (SUNY Empire State College) has written a concise! well-presented primer on the evolution of the original theory of evolution... The last two chapters! offer insightful and enlightened treatments of evolution on a dynamic continuum.'- J. N. Muzio! CUNY Kingsborough Community College! Choice Review February 2012 Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Darwinian Cosmos2. 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

Product details

• Authors: Sherrie Lyons, Sherrie (Suny Empire State College Lyons
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780415592253
• ISBN: 978-0-415-59225-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: BASICS
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Biology, life sciences, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Agriculture & Related Industries, Educational: Sciences, General Science, Agribusiness and primary industries