Evrim, hayatın kökenlerinin ve gelişiminin modern bir incelemesi. Uyumun ve doğal seçilimin en temel prensiplerinden klonlama ve bilinçle ilgili en son araştırmalara kadar, Profesör Ayala yaşayan dünyayı kavrayışımızı ortaya koyuyor ve tartışmalı evrim sorusuna kapsamlı bir şekilde yanıt veriyor.
Evrim nedir? Darwin haklı mıydı? Doğal seçilim nedir? En uygun olanın hayatta kalması nedir? Evrim rastgele bir süreç midir? Tür nedir? Kromozomlar, genler ve dna nedir? Genler nasıl olur da bedenler oluşturur? Moleküler evrim nedir? Hayat nasıl başladı? Hayat ağacı nedir? Ben gerçekten maymun muyum? Fosil kayıtları bize ne söyler? Kayıp halka nedir? Zeka kalıtımla mı miras alınır? İnsanlar evrilmeye devam edecek mi? Kendi kendimi klonlayabilir miyim? Ahlak nereden geliyor? Dil sadece insana özgü bir özellik midir? Yaratılışçılık doğru mudur?
Fransisco J. Ayala, Irvine, California Üniversitesi'nde Biyoloji ve Felsefe Profesörüdür. Ulusal Bilim Akademisi (NAS/National Academy of Science) üyesi ve 2001 yılı Ulusal Bilim Madalyası'nın sahibidir.
Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher at the University of California, Irvine. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, recipient of the 2001 National Medal of Science and the 2010 Templeton Prize.
Muy interesante, pero me sobra el último capítulo justificando que evolución y religión son compatibles. Parece más resultado de la necesidad del autor de justificar sus creencias y/o aplacar a fundamentalistas religiosos, que de que sea científicamente pertinente.
The Big Questions: Evolution by Francisco J. Ayala is a series of twenty essays about evolution, all with interrogative titles as the book title suggests. The subjects range widely encompassing scientific, philosophical and religious ideas. Among other things Ayala explores Darwin, natural selection, genetics, cloning, bio-history, paleontology, language, intelligence and intelligent design, design without a designer, culture and morality. Always acknowledging that science is open-ended, he takes a look at evolution’s unsolved questions, apparent inconsistencies and other problems. Ayala’s work is well researched and some of the essays are quite technical (leaving me to think, “Read on through. You don’t have to understand every detail.”) Evolution is not a “theory” waiting to be “proved” or “disproved.” Like physics, geology, micro-biology and chemistry, it is a science with an ever-developing progression of knowledge and discovery. The format of The Big Questions: Evolution contained side bar quotations in the layout. There were also a few maps and illustrations.
Evrim teorisini anlamak isteyenler ya da bildiklerini tekrar etmek isteyenler için eksiksiz bir kitap diyebilirim. Konuya ilginiz varsa kesinlikle okumalısınız.
This book definitely worths four stars and more, if you agree with the fact of evolution.
This is a perfect book to let you understand EVOLUTION a little bit more beyond textbooks. Surprisingly I found the prof. in my university had lectures overlapped with the book a lot, so I already knew over 80% of the stories of those big questions. Interestingly, there is a chapter that connects perfectly with two of my courses in my last sem. The other course is linguistics. The title is "Is language a uniquely human attribute?". I personally do wish that language is not a unique feature of humans, cuz this kinda offers a greater possibility to new discoveries. The author seems to offer a convincing "yes" to the question. So what evidence does the author provide, from an evolutionary point of view, to support his arguments? Really interesting to think about.
This is divided into parts based on different questions related to evolution, some are easy to understand, some are not and are more theoretical and expertise-specific, so there is no need to read the book from the beginning to the end, some parts can be skipped if is difficult to comprehend/digest.
A good book overall. Provide insights into how species have evolved how genetic means influence us and our behavior.
•Một cuốn sách thật sự thú vị về tiến hoá với nội dung làm mình liên tưởng tới cuốn sách sinh lớp 12. •Câu từ sử dụng trong sách được diễn đạt vô cùng trau chuốt, ngắn gọn; kiến thức đáp ứng đủ nhưng lại không hề học thuật mà vô cùng gần gũi, dễ tiếp thu. Sách được phân đoạn khá rõ ràng dễ dàng nắm được ý chính của cả một chương sách mà không bị lan man, lỡ ý. •Có lẽ sẽ tìm thêm các sách thuộc bộ sưu tập này để đọc dần 😍 4/5⭐ [Tiến hoá_Francisco J.Ayala]
I initially anticipated this book to be dull, especially since it tried to delve into a challenging subject. However, to my surprise, it goes well beyond my expectations, presenting a straightforward narrative on evolution. Sometimes, I find certain parts of this book a tad tedious, but it is understandable for a scientific book
The book is to the point and well-balanced in terms of the amount of information provided; it is written for a non-expert, so there is enough for understanding (with brief references for potential further reading), but not so much one couldn't handle it. It's clever and succinct and I recommend it to everyone.
I recommend this book for everyone who need to know about The concept of Evolution and have several questions about it. Almost all questions that have been frequently asked about evolution theory will be answered comprehensively in this book. This book still uses a lot of scientific terms, but the explanation is quiet simple and understandable for common readers.