Evolution: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Evolution: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192802514

ISBN-10: 0192802518

ISBN-13: 9780192802514

Edition: 2003

Authors: Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth

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Less than 450 years ago, all European scholars believed that the earth was the centre of a universe that was at most a few million miles in extent, and that the planets, sun, and stars all rotated around this centre. Less than 250 years ago, they believed that the universe was created essentially in its present state about 6000 years ago. Less than 150 years ago, the special creation by God of living species was still dominant.The relentless application of the scientific method of inference from experiment and observation, without reference to religious, or governmental authority has completely transformed our view of our origins and relation to the universe, in less than 500 years. Few…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of illustrations



Introduction



The processes of evolution



The evidence for evolution: similarities and differences between organisms



The evidence for evolution: patterns in time and space



Adaptation and natural selection



The formation and divergence of species



Some difficult problems



Afterword


Further reading


Index