Evolution: The First Four Billion Years
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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. Zelda Roland - Wired Half essay collection, half encyclopedia, it's packed with everything you'll ever want or need to know about the science of evolution.
ForewordEdward O. WilsonIntroductionMichael Ruse and Joseph Travis The History of Evolutionary ThoughtMichael Ruse The Origin of LifeJeffrey L. Bada and Antonio Lazcano Paleontology and the History of LifeMichael Benton AdaptationJoseph Travis and David Reznick Molecular EvolutionFrancisco J. Ayala Evolution of the GenomeBrian Charlesworth and Deborah Charlesworth The Pattern and Process of SpeciationMargaret B. Ptacek and Shala J. Hankison Evolution and DevelopmentGregory A. Wray Social Behavior and SociobiologyDaniel I. Rubenstein Human EvolutionHenry M. McHenry Evolutionary Biology of DiseaseMichael F. Antolin and Darwinian Medicine Beyond the Darwinian Paradigm: Understanding Biological FormsBrian Goodwin Philosophy of Evolutionary ThoughtKim Sterelny Evolution and SocietyManfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein American Antievolutionism: Retrospect and ProspectEugenie C. ScottAlphabetical GuideContributorsIndex
