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Evolution
This anthology contains extracts from more than 60 scientific papers, by authors such as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Francis Crick and Jacques Monod. It starts with Charles Darwin, but concentrates on modern research, including genomics. The extracts are organized in sections, enabling the reader to sample a range of views on each topic, and have been chosen for their readability as well as their scientific importance.
670 pages, Paperback
First published October 11, 1989
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July 27, 2009
an incredibly phat smorgasboard of essays and commentary on evolutionary theory. well worth the time.
April 27, 2023
از بهترین کتابهای ترجمه شده در باب تکامل هب زبان فارسی
پیش نیازی بیش از آنچه در کتاب زیست شناسی پیش دانشگاهی پیرامون ژنتیک میخواندیم لازم ندارد
پیش نیازی بیش از آنچه در کتاب زیست شناسی پیش دانشگاهی پیرامون ژنتیک میخواندیم لازم ندارد
July 21, 2019
Poorly written. The syntax is easy to read but it's long winded. I skip over the equations because they're too hard to comprehend, but the author does not seem that bright; he struggles with what "evolution" and "natural selection" conceptually fundamentally mean, and he claims that the existence of sexual reproduction is an evolutionary mystery.
I have read a third of the book (200 pages- I'm a slow reader) as my principal activity for the last two days and intend to finish it, only skipping occasional short sections.
I've read a tiny bit of Futuyma's Evolutionary Biology and anticipate that it will be better (the text is a bit less "matte"; Evolution is easy to accidentally gloss over without it making an impression on my mind). It's supposed to be more advanced, but it's about the same length- the only difference I see is that the format is less fancy and attractive.
This book is probably good for more technical people. Despite his flaws, the author is obviously very well-versed in his subject. His References seems impossibly long. It has 33 pages and packs 30 papers per page- that's 3 pages of very tightly listed citations that have authors whose names start with H. How did he read all that?!
*The full text is available for free online.
**There is a good website pairing with this book with free access, that you can look up individual topics and vocabulary on.
***The author denies climate change (outside this book) and disagrees with group selection. Judge as you will.
I have read a third of the book (200 pages- I'm a slow reader) as my principal activity for the last two days and intend to finish it, only skipping occasional short sections.
I've read a tiny bit of Futuyma's Evolutionary Biology and anticipate that it will be better (the text is a bit less "matte"; Evolution is easy to accidentally gloss over without it making an impression on my mind). It's supposed to be more advanced, but it's about the same length- the only difference I see is that the format is less fancy and attractive.
This book is probably good for more technical people. Despite his flaws, the author is obviously very well-versed in his subject. His References seems impossibly long. It has 33 pages and packs 30 papers per page- that's 3 pages of very tightly listed citations that have authors whose names start with H. How did he read all that?!
*The full text is available for free online.
**There is a good website pairing with this book with free access, that you can look up individual topics and vocabulary on.
***The author denies climate change (outside this book) and disagrees with group selection. Judge as you will.
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December 30, 2011
I never finished the book, it's too technical for me, but it's very well written.
April 18, 2017
*college related *
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