Darwin For Beginners

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher : El Ateneo
ISBN 13 : 9781874166016
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin for Beginners written by Jonathan Miller and published by El Ateneo. This book was released on 1982 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unravelling Darwin's life and contribution to biology, this book traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required. It provides a clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-Darwinian biology to modern genetics.

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin for Beginners written by Jonathan Miller and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- Newsday aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash; yet also the man who finally undermined belief in God's creation. Along the way we meet a fascinating cast of characters: Darwin's scientific predecessors, his contemporaries (including Alfred Russell Wallace, whose anticipation of natural selection forced Darwin to publish), his opponents, and his successors whose work in modern genetics provided necessary modifications to Darwin's own work. Splendidly illustrated, this clever, witty, highly informative book is the perfect introduction to Darwin's life and thought.

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin for Beginners written by Jonathan Miller and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- Newsday aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash; yet also the man who finally undermined belief in God's creation. Along the way we meet a fascinating cast of characters: Darwin's scientific predecessors, his contemporaries (including Alfred Russell Wallace, whose anticipation of natural selection forced Darwin to publish), his opponents, and his successors whose work in modern genetics provided necessary modifications to Darwin's own work. Splendidly illustrated, this clever, witty, highly informative book is the perfect introduction to Darwin's life and thought.

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin for Beginners written by Jonathan Miller and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beginner Books -- "Their cartoon format and irreverent wit make difficult ideas accessible and entertaining." -- Newsday aking us through the upheavals in biological thought which made The Origins of Species possible, Jonathan Miller introduces us to that odd revolutionary, Charles Darwin -- a remarkably timid man who spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash; yet also the man who finally undermined belief in God's creation. Along the way we meet a fascinating cast of characters: Darwin's scientific predecessors, his contemporaries (including Alfred Russell Wallace, whose anticipation of natural selection forced Darwin to publish), his opponents, and his successors whose work in modern genetics provided necessary modifications to Darwin's own work. Splendidly illustrated, this clever, witty, highly informative book is the perfect introduction to Darwin's life and thought.

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin for Beginners written by Jonathan Miller and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gill Hands
Publisher : Headway Books
ISBN 13 : 9780340790434
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin written by Gill Hands and published by Headway Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is an introduction to the life and work of Charles Darwin. It explores: his background and the times he lived in, the development of the theory of natural selection, the scientific basis for evolution and the relevance of his ideas in today's world.

Author : Michael Keller
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1605299480
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species written by Michael Keller and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning graphic adaptation of one of the most famous, contested, and important books of all time. Few books have been as controversial or as historically significant as Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Since the moment it was released on November 24, 1859, Darwin's masterwork has been heralded for changing the course of science and condemned for its implied challenges to religion. In Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, author Michael Keller and illustrator Nicolle Rager Fuller introduce a new generation of readers to the original text. Including sections about his pioneering research, the book's initial public reception, his correspondence with other leading scientists, as well as the most recent breakthroughs in evolutionary theory, this riveting, beautifully rendered adaptation breathes new life into Darwin's seminal and still polarizing work.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393061345
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From So Simple a Beginning written by Charles Darwin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "superior" by Nature, this landmark volume is available in a collectible, boxed edition. Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin—Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (1845), The Origin of Species (1859), The Descent of Man (1871), and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)—been collected under one cover. Undertaking this challenging endeavor 123 years after Darwin's death, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has written an introductory essay for the occasion, while providing new, insightful introductions to each of the four volumes and an afterword that examines the fate of evolutionary theory in an era of religious resistance. In addition, Wilson has crafted a creative new index to accompany these four texts, which links the nineteenth-century, Darwinian evolutionary concepts to contemporary biological thought. Beautifully slipcased, and including restored versions of the original illustrations, From So Simple a Beginning turns our attention to the astounding power of the natural creative process and the magnificence of its products.

Author : Jonathan Miller
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848319703
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Darwin written by Jonathan Miller and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining belief in God's creation was remarkable timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion; a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash. In this brilliantly lucid book - a classic originally published in 1982 - Jonathan Miller unravels Darwin's life and his contribution to biology, and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required. Introducing Darwin brings alive the difficult progress from pre-Darwinian thinking to modern genetics and the devastatingly important impact of one man on our fundamental understanding of biology, life and ourselves.

Author : Brian Charlesworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198804369
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution written by Brian Charlesworth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is about the central role of evolution in shaping the nature and diversity of the living world. It describes the processes of natural selection, how adaptations arise, and how new species form, as well as summarizing the evidence for evolution