Evolution (Oxford Readers)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 472 pages
• Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
• Edition: 2nd Edition February 12, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0199267944
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0199267941
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.5 pounds

Product Description
This anthology contains extracts from more than sixty scientific papers, by authors such as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Francis Crick and Jacques Monod. It starts with Charles Darwin, but concentrates on modern research, including genomics. The extracts are organized in sections, enabling the reader to sample a range of views on each topic, and have been chosen for their readability as well as their scientific importance.

About The Author

Mark Ridley works in the Department of Zoology, Oxford University. He has previously held positions at Cambridge University, England, and at Emory University, Atlanta, in the U.S.A.


Reader Reviews
This is a fascinating book, perfect for the semi-advanced student of evolution. If you've read numerous books on evolution and have an accurate perception of the evolutionary processes, but are becoming bored with the redundancy of popular publications, then you'll appreciate this book. It's a beautifully compiled, detailed, and enlightening read for those who are seeking a more in-depth understanding in what are normally only brushed upon areas. Evolution elaborates on many speculative topics to grab your interest, and in the end could give you a much clearer idea of what direction you should pursue in your research. Be it: speciation, adaptation, macroevolution, microevolution, genomics, or something else, this is the book that could help you decide. Also, if you've yet to read any of the "classical" evolutionary biologists such as Crick, Fisher, Dawkins, Williams, Gould, Smith, or even Darwin, this will be a great introduction to each of those authors, a little of what they thought, and familiarize you with their writing style.