Peter J. Bowler's comprehensive, fascinating account of the history of evolutionary theories
introduces specialist and nonspecialist alike to one of the most potent scientific ideas of
modern times. This new edition is updated in its content and includes an augmented …

In the organizational research literature the word “evolution” is ordinarily used in a relatively
narrow sense, referring to a set of ideas about change in a population through variation and
selection of a particular sort. In the present essay, that usage is located in an older and …

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on
evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of
evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of evolution has …

This book introduces what is essential and exciting in evolutionary biology. It covers the
whole field and emphasises the important concepts for the student. Care has been taken to
express complex and stimulating ideas in simple language, while the frequent examples …

This book presents a synthesis of the developments that have taken place over the last 20
years in the study of evolution evolution Subject Category: Natural Processes see more
details at the molecular level. It describes the dynamics of molecular evolution, the driving …

At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species
relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it
turns out, is much more dynamic than biologists realized just a few decades ago. In …

Dwight Eisenhower was president. November 4, 1958, would be an early evening for those
who awaited the outcome of the biennial exercise in American constitutional democracy.
Beginning with the first scattered reports from the East, confirmed by everything later and to …

All living plants and animals, including man, are the modified descendants of one or a few
simple living things. A hundred years ago Darwin and Wallace in their theory of natural
selection, or the survival of the fittest, explained how evolution could have happened, in …

The combination of the computer and the Internet has resulted in the emergence of
cybergenre, a new class of genre. Cybergenre can be characterized by the triple< content,
form, functionality>, where functionality refers to the capabilities afforded by this new …

The complete genome sequences of 26 herpesvirus species, some represented by more
than one strain, are currently deposited in the public databases. Their combined length
totals over four million base pairs. Several additional genomes are in the pipeline, and a …