Arguing for Evolution: An Encyclopedia for Understanding Science - Hardcover

Cotner, Sehoya H.; Moore, Randy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313359474 ISBN 13: 9780313359477

Publisher: Greenwood, 2011

Synopsis

This timely encyclopedia presents an arsenal of evidence for evolution that goes beyond the typical textbook examples.

Arguing for Evolution: An Encyclopedia for Understanding Science provides readers with a single source for the scientific evidence supporting evolution. The book shows how scientists have tested the predictions of evolutionary theory and created an unshakeable foundation of evidence supporting its truth. As such, it demonstrates how evolution serves as a case study for understanding the scientific method and presents a logical model for scientific inquiry.

The evidence for evolution is presented historically and topically in an accessible, example-rich, and logical format, using an arsenal of examples that goes beyond the typical textbook matter. The chapters are structured around a series of hypotheses that the authors put to the test, amassing evidence on fossils, comparative anatomy, molecules, and evolutionary biology in order to conclude that evolution is scientific fact. Learning about this fascinating field is enhanced through "see for yourself" examples that include original data and figures from key historical and contemporary papers in evolutionary biology.

About this title

About the Author

Randy Moore is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA. His research focuses on how evolution is taught, learned, used, and accepted. His published works include John Thomas Scopes: A Biography (Bloomsbury, 2023) and The Scopes "Monkey Trial": America's Most Famous Trial and Its Ongoing Legacy (Praeger, 2022).

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313359474
• ISBN 13: 9780313359477
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348