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1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index. |
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Charles Darwin is of course best known for The Voyage of the Beagle and The Origin of Species. But he produced many other books over his long career, exploring specific aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection in greater depth. The eminent evolutionary biologist Steve Jones uses these lesser-known works as springboards to examine how their essential ideas have generated whole fields of modern biology. Earthworms helped found modern soil science, Expression of the Emotions helped found comparative psychology, and Self-Fertilization and Forms of Flowers were important early works on the origin of sex. Through this delightful introduction to Darwin's oeuvre, one begins to see Darwin's role in biology as resembling Einstein's in physics: he didn't have one brilliant idea but many and in fact made some seminal contribution to practically every field of evolutionary study. Though these lesser-known works may seem disconnected, Jones points out that they all share a common theme: the power of small means over time to produce gigantic ends. Called a "world of wonders" by the Timesof London, The Darwin Archipelago will expand any reader's view of Darwin's genius and will demonstrate how all of biology, like life itself, descends from a common ancestor. |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1. The Queen�s Orang-Utan""; ""CHAPTER 2. The Green Tyrannosaurs""; ""CHAPTER 3. Shock and Awe""; ""CHAPTER 4. The Triumph of the Well Bred""; ""CHAPTER 5. The Domestic Ape""; ""CHAPTER 6. The Thinking Plant""; ""CHAPTER 7. A Perfect Fowl""; ""CHAPTER 8. Where the Bee Sniffs""; ""CHAPTER 9. The Worms Crawl In""; ""Envoi: Darwin�s Island""; ""Annotated Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Naturalists. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Natural selection.
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Natural selection. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Darwin's island https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010061262
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jones, Steve, 1944- Darwin's island. Darwin archipelago. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300155402 (DLC) 2010038593 (OCoLC)664839938 |
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9780300160413 (electronic book) |
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0300160410 (electronic book) |
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1283096102 |
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9781283096102 |
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9780300155402 |
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0300155409 |
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