Darwin's Spectre : Evolutionary Biology in the Modern World

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Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make today's newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago--Charles Darwin's On the Origin...

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Autor principal: Rose, Michael R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Natural selection > Social aspects.
Evolution (Biology) > Social aspects.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Extending the human life-span past 120 years. The "green" revolution. Evolution and human psychology. These subjects make today's newspaper headlines. Yet much of the science underlying these topics stems from a book published nearly 140 years ago--Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century, the theory of evolution is one of the most potent concepts in all of modern science. In Darwin's Spectre, Michael Rose provides the general reader with an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and h.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400822638

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