The Joy of Science An Examination of How Scientists Ask and Answer Questions Using the Story of Evolution as a Paradigm /

Scientists have great passion. What could be more exhilarating than to go to work every day feeling as if you were once again a nine-year-old called up to he stage to help the magician with his trick? To be a researcher is to always be in the position of having the chance to see how the trick works....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lockshin, Richard A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Evolution (Biology).
Microbial genetics.
Environment.
Biomedical Research.
Evolutionary Biology.
Microbial Genetics.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: The Origin of the Earth and of Species of Animals and Plants as Seen Before the Enlightenment
  • Chapter 2: The Seashells on the Mountaintop
  • Chapter 3: Aristotle's and Linnaeus' Classifications of Living Creatures
  • Chapter 4: Natural Selection: the Second Half of Darwin's Hypothesis
  • Chapter 5: Darwin's Hypothesis
  • Chapter 6: The stuff of Inheritance: DNA, RNA, and Mutations
  • Chapter 7: The Story of our Planet
  • Chapter 8: Competition Among Species
  • Chapter 9:The Importance of Disease
  • Chapter 10: The Evolution of Humans.

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