Causes Evolution by Haldane, First Edition (5 results)

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo xxvi + 222pp., text ills., index, First published in 1932. J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964), one of the founders of the science of population genetics, was also one of the greatest practitioners of the art of explaining science to the layperson. Professor Murray Littlejohn's copy with his signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US Edition, printed in England but released in the US; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. A well preserved copy of this examination of Evolution; the author develops and expounds on the idea of the Modern Synthesis; this book an important document in the development of the theory of evolution; a scarce book, rare indeed in the original dust jacket. Copyright page states only "Printed in England" as called for by OCLC. This copy is in near fine condition with mild rubbing and slight fraying to the spine ends and corners; housed in a bright very good original dust jacket that shows rubbing and chipping to the ends, edges, and corners with a small loss of material to the top edge, a few stray pencil marks to the panels, and a mild fading to the spine. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy of a foundational work in evolutionary theory. Not remaindered, not price-clipped ($2.50 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-library, Dunedin Public Library. Library stamps and markings. Library rubber stamps on the frontispiece plates. 8mm loss of cloth along edges of lower corners of boards. ; vii, [1], 235, [1 (blank)] pages + 2 frontispiece plates. Teal cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 138mm. Contents: Introduction; Variation within a species; The genetical analysis of interspecific differences; Natural selection; What is fitness?; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliographical references; Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth. Bookplate on pastedown. A bit of foxing to title page. Else Very Good. 'This paper argues that Haldane's The causes of evolution was the most important founding document in the emergence of the received view of evolutionary theory which is typically referred to as the Modern Synthesis. Whether or not this historical development is characterized as a synthesis (which remains controversial), this paper argues the most important component of the emergence of the received view consisted of showing how the formal rules of Mendelian inheritance are based on (or emerge from) the material basis of heredity established by classical genetics primarily through the experimental work on Drosophila genetics of the Morgan school in the 1910s and 1920s. This is one of the most important achievements of Haldane's book. Thus this paper rejects both (i) the view that the synthesis was a unification of biometry and Mendelism and (ii) the claim that it arose from work primarily done in the late 1930s and 1940s by naturalists rather than theoretical population and classical experimental geneticists' (Abstract of Sahotra Sarkar, 'Haldane's The causes of evolution and the Modern Synthesis in evolutionary biology', J Genet . 2017 Nov;96(5):753-763). I have not seen (but would like to) Ernst Mayr, 'Haldane's Causes of Evolution After 60 Years' (The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 67, No. 2, June, 1992, pp. 175-186).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. j b s haldane the causes;The Causes of Evolution is a 1932 book on evolution by J.B.S. Haldane, based on a series of January 1931 lectures entitled "A Re-examination of Darwinism". It was influential in the founding of population genetics and the modern synthesis.