Evolutionary Principles (Paperback, 1983 ed.)

The last few years have seen a number of new books on evolutionary biology. However most of these are either large or specialized. This is an attempt to produce a thin, general version for undergraduate use. Thinness, of course, demands selectivity, and the aim has been to concentrate on the principles of the subject rather than on the details-principles, that is, of both theory and practice. Thinness also sometimes means that a certain level of knowledge is assumed in the readership, but I hope that this is not the case here, and my intention has certainly been to produce something that is as intelligible to the uninitiated as it is to the well-informed. As for the bibliography, I refer, where possible, to reviews rather than primary sources, so a citation should not be taken to imply any sort of precedence. In developing the theme, I have adopted a loosely historical approach, not only because I believe that this makes for more interesting reading but also because the subject, like the subject it addresses, has evolved under the critical eye of a selective process. Problems have been perceived, hypotheses have been formulated to explain them, facts have been amassed to test the hypotheses, more problems have been perceived, more hypotheses formu lated, and so on.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Tertiary Level Biology
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	1983
Authors:	Peter Calow
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	108
Edition:	1983 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4684-1520-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
LSN:	1-4684-1520-4
Barcode:	9781468415209

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