What Evolution Is (Science Masters Series)

Mayr, Ernst

ISBN 10: 0465044255 / ISBN 13: 9780465044252

Published by Basic Books, New York, 2001

About this Item

First Edition, 2nd printing. Hard cover 8vo. Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine unclipped DJ w/tears at crown. 318pp inc. Foreword by Jared Diamond, Index; illustrated in drawings, charts. 318 p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Evolution Is (Science Masters Series)
• Publisher: Basic Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465044255
• ISBN 13: 9780465044252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is has several audiences in mind: those scientists and nonscientists who accept evolutionary thinking but do not know exactly how it works, and those who accept evolution but are not sure the Darwinian explanation is correct.With rare clarity, Mayr poses the questions at the heart of evolution-What is the evidence for evolution on earth? What is the origin and role of organic diversity?-and describes in refreshingly nontechnical language how the search for answers has over the years revealed solutions to the most challenging problems posed by evolutionary theory. In a provocative final section, Mayr considers how our improved understanding of evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man.

About the Author

Ernst Mayr is largely responsible for shaping the modern synthesis of genetic and evolutionary theory. He was Curator of the Whitney-Rothschild Collection at the American Museum of Natural History for more than twenty years before joining the zoology department at Harvard University, where he is now Professor Emeritus. He lives in the Boston area.