Evolution category: 1570 books
Darwin's Apprentice
An Archaeological Biography of John Lubbock
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
The fascinating story of Charles Darwin’s friend, fellow scientist, and champion.
Sir John Lubbock was an important Darwinist, witness to an extraordinary moment in the history of science and archaeology—the emotive scientific, religious, and philosophical debate which was triggered by the...
by Robert Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2014
MIT engineering professor Evan Blake has discovered a strange object in London. It looks like a vinyl LP record, yet plays a seemingly unlimited amount of jazz, which appeals to Evan as a jazz musician. The previous owner, cellist and composer Nigel Thompson, had heard classical music coming from the...
The Greatest Story NEVER Told
The Assured Triumph of Human Inevitability and Superiority
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
“What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real somewhere, sometime.” Terence MckennaScientific theories that were once considered right and mighty were later proven wrong. This is the case even with the best and most thorough...
by Georgi Muskhelishvili
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This book explores the double coding property of DNA, which is manifested in the digital and analog information types as two interdependent codes. This double coding principle can be applied to all living systems, from the level of the individual cell to entire social systems, seen as systems of communication....
Standing on the Shoulders of Darwin and Mendel
Early Views of Inheritance
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Standing on the Shoulders of Darwin and Mendel: Early Views of Inheritance explores early theories about the mechanisms of inheritance. Beginning with Charles Darwin's now rejected Gemmule hypothesis, the book documents the reception of Gregor Mendel's work on peas and follows the work of early 20th...
The Metabolic Ghetto
An Evolutionary Perspective on Nutrition, Power Relations and Chronic Disease
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Chronic diseases have rapidly become the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality, yet there is poor understanding of this transition, or why particular social and ethnic groups are especially susceptible. In this book, Wells adopts a multidisciplinary approach to human nutrition, emphasising...
Relict Species
Phylogeography and Conservation Biology
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Mankind has evolved both genetically and culturally to become a most successful and dominant species. But we are now so numerous and our technology is so p- erful that we are having major effects on the planet, its environment, and the b- sphere. For some years prophets have warned of the possible...
The Nature of Life
Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy and Science
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Bringing together the latest scientific advances and some of the most enduring subtle philosophical puzzles and problems, this book collects original historical and contemporary sources to explore the wide range of issues surrounding the nature of life. Selections ranging from Aristotle and Descartes...
From Aristotle's Teleology to Darwin's Genealogy
The Stamp of Inutility
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
From Aristotle to Darwin, from ancient teleology to contemporary genealogies, this book offers an overview of the birth and then persistence of Aristotle's framework into modernity, until its radical overthrow by the evolutionary revolution.
Nature's State
Imagining Alaska as the Last Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature's State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America's "last frontier," a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact...
Darwin ve Türlerin Kökeni
[Bir Biyografik & Darwin ve Evrim Kuramı Çalışması]
Language: Turkish
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Darwin, İnsan dahil tüm canlı türlerinin doğal seçi-lim yoluyla bir ya da birkaç ortak ata-dan evrildiğini öne sürmüş ve o günün şartlarına göre bu teoriyi destekleyen pek çok kanıt sunmuştur. Darwin'in fikirleri üzerine inşa edilen modern evrim teorisi, bugün biyoloji biliminin...
by Charles Darwin
Language: Turkish
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Language: Turkish
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin, (12 Şubat 1809 - 19 Nisan 1882), İngiliz biyolog ve doğa tarihçisi. İnsan dahil tüm canlı türlerinin doğal seçilim yoluyla bir ya da birkaç ortak atadan evrildiğini öne sürmüş ve o günün şartlarına göre bu teoriyi destekleyen pek çok kanıt sunmuştur.
The Hunt for FOXP5
A Genomic Mystery Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.
As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle...
The Logic of Self-Destruction
The Algorithm of Human Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Why do knowingly act in ways that undermine our own wellbeing, like loving the wrong person or staying in an unfulfilling job? Why are ideologies so compelling? Why are we so convinced that our own, deeply held views are irrefutable?
The Logic of Self-Destruction argues that our beliefs are...