Darwin's Ghost The Origin of Species Updated

Name: Darwin's Ghost The Origin of Species Updated
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ISBN: 9780345422774

ISBN-10: 0345422775

ISBN-13: 9780345422774

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Steve Jones

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Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species is probably the best-known, least-read book. One of the most important achievements of the past millennium, it did for biology what Galileo did for astronomy: made it into a single science rather than a collection of unrelated facts. Important though Origin remains, its examples and intricate Victorian prose are now a century and a half old. They are ripe for renewal and reaffirmation. Writing as "Darwin's ghost," eminent geneticist Steve Jones updates this seminal work—and restates evolution's case for the 21st century. Jones is a writer of engaging wit and dazzling erudition and has been called "the British Carl Sagan." Using modern examples—the…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.26" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.034

Steve Jones is Professor of Genetics at University College, London and has worked at universities in the USA, Australia and Africa. He gave the Reith Lectures in 1991 and presented a BBC TV series on human genetics and evolution in 1996. He is a columnist for the Daily Telegraph.



The Origin of Species: Facsimile Title Page and List of Contents


An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species


Introduction



Variation Under Domestication



Variation Under Nature



Struggle for Existence



Natural Selection



Laws of Variation



Difficulties on Theory



Instinct



Hybridism



On the Imperfection of the Geological Record



On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings



Geographical Distribution



Geographical Distribution--continued



Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings; Morphology; Embryology; Rudimentary Organs


Interlude: Almost Like a Whale?



Recapitulation and Conclusion


Further Reading


Index