Darwin'S Spectre. Evolutionary Biology In The Modern World

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Michael-R Rose - Darwin'S Spectre. Evolutionary Biology In The Modern World.
Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century, the theory of evolution is one of the most potent concepts in all of modern science. In... Lire la suite
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Résumé

Far from an antique idea restricted to the nineteenth century, the theory of evolution is one of the most potent concepts in all of modern science. In Darwin's Spectre, Michael Rose provides the general reader with an introduction to the theory of evolution: its beginning with Darwin, its key concepts, and how it may affect us in the future. Rose shows how in many questions across many disciplines, the Darwinian perspective is one of the most important for understanding human affairs in the modern world. Darwin's Spectre explains how evolutionary biology has been used to support both valuable applied research, particularly in agriculture, and truly frightening objectives, such as Nazi eugenics. Darwin's legacy has been a comfort and a scourge. But it has never been irrelevant.

Sommaire

  • DARWIN AND DARWINIAN SCIENCE
    • Darwin: The Reluctant Revolutionary
    • Heredity: The Problem of Variation
    • Selection: Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
    • Evolution: The Tree of Life
  • APPLICATIONS OF DARWINISM
    • Agriculture: Malthus Postponed
    • Medicine: Dying of Ignorance
    • Eugenics: Promethean Darwinism
  • UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE
    • Origins: From Baboons to Archbishops
    • Psyche: Darwinism Meets Film Noir
    • Society: Ideology as Biology
    • Religion: The Spectre Haunting.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/01/1998
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    0-691-05008-2
  • EAN
    9780691050089
  • Présentation
    Broché
  • Nb. de pages
    233 pages
  • Poids
    0.355 Kg
  • Dimensions
    15,4 cm × 23,3 cm × 1,6 cm

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Biographie de Michael-R Rose

MICHAEL R. ROSE is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. A researcher in the biology of aging, he is known for selection experiments that made fruit flies live twice as long as normal. He is also the author of The Evolutionary Biology of Aging and coeditor of Adaptation.

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