Explaining Life through Evolution
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A friendly, non-threatening, and accessible introduction to evolution, emphasizing both the evidence for evolution and the importance of understanding it in contemporary social context"--
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"A friendly, non-threatening, and accessible introduction to evolution, emphasizing both the evidence for evolution and the importance of understanding it in contemporary social context"--
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Part I: A Personal PrologueCalled to Action 3
Pulled Into the Fight 11
On Trust 17
Facts and Truth 21
Part II: The Evolution Revolution
Introduction to Evolution 27
The Great Chain of Being or Ladder of Life 37
Theories of Evolution 47
From So Simple a Beginning 53
The Selection of Natural Selection 67
Mendel and the Maintenance of Variation 73
Mutants and Mutations 79
Speciation: The Formation of New Species 89
Part III: Questions and Misconceptions
Who You Calling "Primitive"? 109
Our Crappy-Crappie Bodies 117
The Tree of Life 123
The Origin of Life 129
The History of Life 137
Part IV: Why Understanding Evolution Matters
Evolution in the Anthropocene 145
Natural History 155
Our Genealogy and Ancestry 163
Sex/Gender/Sexuality 175
Combating Post-Truth with Trust 189
Conversation with a Creationist 195
Epilogue 201
Acknowledgments 207
Glossary 209
Notes 219
Further Reading 257
Figure Credits 259
Index 263
Autoren-Porträt von Prosanta Chakrabarty
Prosanta Chakrabarty is Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Fishes at Louisiana State University. He is a TED Senior Fellow, an Elected Fellow of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, and a National Geographic Certified Educator.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Prosanta Chakrabarty
- 2023, VIII, 271 Seiten, 11 farbige Abbildungen, 26 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 13,7 x 20,2 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: The MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262546256
- ISBN-13: 9780262546256
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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