Why Evolution is True - Jerry A. Coyne

Why Evolution is True

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Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2010
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923085-3 (ISBN)
14,95 inkl. MwSt
Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution.
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.

Jerry A. Coyne is Professor of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in evolutionary genetics. One of the world's leading evolutionary biologists, his textbook Speciation (2004, co-written with Allen Orr ) has become the standard reference work on speciation. An influential commentator in the evolution-creationism debate through book reviews, popular and technical articles, and public lectures, Coyne is frequently asked to comment issues of creationism by journalists and broadcasters and has appeared on radio and television shows debating creationists. In 2007 he was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 14.1.2010
Reihe/Serie Oxford Landmark Science
Zusatzinfo 27 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 196 mm
Gewicht 248 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Schlagworte Evolution
ISBN-10 0-19-923085-4 / 0199230854
ISBN-13 978-0-19-923085-3 / 9780199230853
Zustand Neuware
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