Ever since Darwin coined his concept of survival of the fittest...descent with modification, evolution has been the focus of uncertainty and debate. In Evolution!, noted experts including Stephen J. Gould, sort facts from fallacies by answering questions most often asked of Darwin's grand theory. Interwoven throughout is the broad theme of how science is done and the answer to the most crucial question of all: How can we be sure that science will uncover the truth? Written at an easily understandable, this book is ...
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Ever since Darwin coined his concept of survival of the fittest...descent with modification, evolution has been the focus of uncertainty and debate. In Evolution!, noted experts including Stephen J. Gould, sort facts from fallacies by answering questions most often asked of Darwin's grand theory. Interwoven throughout is the broad theme of how science is done and the answer to the most crucial question of all: How can we be sure that science will uncover the truth? Written at an easily understandable, this book is accessible as well as entertaining to the general reader, high school, and college student. Features: * Contributors are key experts in the field and include Stephen J. Gould, author of Questioning the Millenium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown (Random House, 1997), Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin (Random House, 1997) and Bully the Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History (WW Norton & Co., 1992). * Topics covered include: * How does evolution work and how do we discover its rules? * How can life's history be traced through millions and billions of years? * Where are evolution's missing links and how do we hunt t
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