Evolution

Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, "Evolution" opens with a series of major essays dealing with the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with major empirical and theoretical questions in the science, from speciation to adaptation, from paleontology to evolutionary development (evo devo), and concluding with essays on the social and political significance of evolutionary biology today.A second encyclopedic section travels the spectrum of topics in evolution with concise, informative, and accessible entries on individuals from Aristotle and Linneaus to Louis Leakey and Jean Lamarck; from T. H. Huxley and E. O. Wilson to Joseph Felsenstein and Motoo Kimura; and on subjects from altruism and amphibians to evolutionary psychology and Piltdown Man to the Scopes trial and social Darwinism. Readers will find the latest word on the history and philosophy of evolution, the nuances of the science itself, and the intricate interplay among evolutionary study, religion, philosophy, and society.Appearing at the beginning of the Darwin Year of 2009 - the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species - this volume is a fitting tribute to the science Darwin set in motion.Long essays in "Evolution" include: The History of Evolutionary Thought - Michael Ruse; The Origin of Life - Jeffrey L. Bada and Antonio Lazcano; Paleontology and the History of Life - Michael Benton; Adaptation - Joseph Travis and David Reznick; Molecular Evolution - Francisco J. Ayala; Evolution of the Genome - Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth; The Pattern and Process of Speciation - Margaret B. Ptacek and Shala J. Hankison; Evolution and Development - Gregory Wray; Social Behavior and Sociobiology - Daniel Rubenstein; Human Evolution - Henry McHenry; Evolutionary Biology of Disease and Darwinian Medicine - Michael F. Antolin; Alternative Evolutionary Paradigms - Brian Goodwin; Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought - Kim Sterelny; Evolution and Society - Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienshein; Evolution and Religion; David N. Livingstone; and, American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and Prospect - Eugenie C. Scott.

ISBN 067403175X   Pages 1008 ISBN13 9780674031753 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Harvard University Press   Weight (grammes) 1760 Imprint The Belknap Press   Published in Cambridge, Mass. Format Hardback   Series title Belknap Press S. Publication date 13 Jan 2009   Height (mm) 254 Writer of foreword Edward O. Wilson   Width (mm) 162 Library of Congress 2008030270   Spine width (mm) 64 DEWEY 576.8   Academic level General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword by Edward O. Wilson
		Introduction by Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis
		The History of Evolutionary Thought by Michael Ruse		1
		The Origin of Life by Jeffrey L. Bada and Antonio Lazcano		49
		Paleontology and the History of Life by Michael Benton		80
		Adaptation by Joseph Travis and David N. Reznick		105
		Molecular Evolution by Francisco J. Ayala		132
		Evolution of the Genome by Brian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth		152
		The Pattern and Process of Speciation by Margaret B. Ptacek and Shala J. Hankison		177
		Evolution and Development by Gregory A. Wray		208
		Social Behavior and Sociobiology by Daniel I. Rubenstein		237
		Human Evolution by Henry M. McHenry		256
		Evolutionary Biology of Disease and Darwinian Medicine by Michael F. Antolin		281
		Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm: Understanding Biological Forms by Brian Goodwin		299
		Philosophy of Evolutionary Thought by Kim Sterelny		313
		Evolution and Society by Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein		330
		Evolution and Religion by David N. Livingstone		348
		American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and Prospect by Eugenie C. Scott		370
		Alphabetical Guide		401
		Illustration Credits		949
		Index		951

"One of the first and likely to be the most comprehensive in scope of the many books occasioned by the 2009 sesquicentennial of Darwin's Origin." - E. O. Wilson"

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