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Discovery of Evolution

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ISBN-10: 0521687462

ISBN-13: 9780521687461

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: David Young

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The Discovery of Evolution explains what the theory of evolution is all about by providing a historical narrative of discovery. Some of the major puzzles that confront anyone studying living things are discussed and it details how these were solved from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with the emergence of the early naturalists in the seventeenth century, the scientific discoveries that led up to and then flowed from Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection are then discussed, and finally the modern evolutionary studies at the close of the twentieth century are detailed. This new edition of The Discovery of Evolution is fully updated and contains a new chapter on…    
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Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.69" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

David Young is a respected writer, commentator, journalist, environmentalist, and historian. Working independently in the field of history and the environment he work explores the nature-culture relationship, including perspectives from indigenous nature and indigenous culture.

Introduction
Evolution - journey's guide
Puzzles for the naturalist
Matters of place and time
A natural history of creation
The species question
Life's genealogy and natural selection
A rich inheritance
Synthesis and species
The continuing journey
Evolution: truth, theory or myth?
Evolutionary reading
Evolutionary Who's Who
Bibliography
Illustration Sources
Index