Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Rebecca Stefoff
- ناشر : New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1996
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195089967
Description
Chapter 1. Starting Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Chapter 2. The Restless Searcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Sidebar: Extinction: The Great Dyings . . . . . . . . .32 Chapter 3. The Voyage of the Beagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Sidebar: What is a Species? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Chapter 4. The Birth of a Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Chapter 5. A “Devil’s Chaplain” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Sidebar: Science Challenges Darwin . . . . . . . . . . .96 Chapter 6. Darwin’s Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Sidebar: Mendelian Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world
