Evolution FROM THE PUBLISHER
Charles Darwin started it: the debate that divided Victorian society and set the questions which shaped scientific research through the last century and into this millennium. Today, evolution is being used to explain hot topics such as cloning, long-standing mysteries such as homology, and astonishing labbench results such as the ey gene. Mark Ridley's Oxford Reader features major contributions to the universal debate by writers such as Charles Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Jacques Monod, Theodosius Dobzhansky, and Francis Crick.
SYNOPSIS
"The theory of evolution is, by far, the most important theory in biology. The first edition of Evolution represented one of the most important new texts for the undergraduate market in recent years. Readable and stimulating, yet well-balanced and in-depth, the text provided the "breath of fresh air" that was missing from other texts on the subject."
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
An unusually interesting introductory (but by no means unsophisticated) textbook in modern evolutionary biology. For each topic, the account begins at an introductory level and moves on to the cutting edge of modern research. The volume is arranged in five parts: an introduction, which describes the history of the subject and the evidence that evolution has occurred, followed by sections on evolutionary genetics, adaptation, the origins of diversity, and paleobiology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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