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Evolution : a historical perspective / Bryson Brown.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Bryson.
- Series:
- Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution--History.
- Evolution.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 195 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Helps explain what evolution is by describing the history of the idea
- Contents:
- Introduction: Life and the Past xv
- 1 Life's History 1
- 2 The Tree of Life 31
- 3 Darwin and the Beagle 49
- 4 One Long Argument 67
- 5 Heredity and Natural Selection 87
- 6 Biochemistry, DNA, and the Future of Biology 107
- 7 Abiogenesis 129
- 8 Our Place in the Natural World 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313334610
- 0313334617
- OCLC:
- 144598190
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