Evolution, The Definitive Edition: The Modern Synthesis (Mit Press) - Softcover

Huxley, Julian S.

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9780262513661: Evolution, The Definitive Edition: The Modern Synthesis (Mit Press)

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ISBN 10: 0262513668 ISBN 13: 9780262513661

Publisher: The MIT Press, 2009

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The definitive edition of one of the most important scientific books of the twentieth century, setting out the conceptual structure underlying evolutionary biology.

This classic work by Julian Huxley, first published in 1942, captured and synthesized all that was then known about evolutionary biology and gave a name to the Modern Synthesis, the conceptual structure underlying the field for most of the twentieth century. Many considered Huxley's book a popularization of the ideas then emerging in evolutionary biology, but in fact Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is a work of serious scholarship that is also accessible to the general educated public. It is a book in the intellectual tradition of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley―Julian Huxley's grandfather, known for his energetic championing of Darwin's ideas. A contemporary reviewer called Evolution: The Modern Synthesis “the outstanding evolutionary treatise of the decade, perhaps the century.” This definitive edition brings one of the most important and successful scientific books of the twentieth century back into print. It includes the entire text of the 1942 edition, Huxley's introduction to the 1963 second edition (which demonstrates his continuing command of the field), and the introduction to the 1974 third edition, written by nine experts (many of them Huxley's associates) from different areas of evolutionary biology.

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About the Author:

Massimo Pigliucci is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York.

Gerd B. M�ller, is Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna and President of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.

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"Julian Huxley's

"Julian Huxley's "Evolution: The Modern Synthesis" excited me when I first read it as a teenager and continues to excite me still. Popular yet scholarly, it synthesizes Darwinism, Mendelism, and population genetics to give a powerful account of the mechanism of evolution. Moreover, it illuminates difficult concepts such as natural selection, speciation, and evolutionary progress to provide a comprehensive enlightening view of evolution. Read it because of the insight it gives into biology of the 1940s; read it because it continues to be relevant today."--Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2001

"It is good to have again in print (with a new introduction) Julian Huxley's masterwork, "Evolution: The Modern Synthesis". One marvels at the depths of Huxley's insights, one is impressed by the breadth of his scope, and one is charmed and delighted by his gracious prose. Reading this book is like coming again on an old, valued friend or meeting someone who captivates from the first moment."--Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University

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