The pattern of evolution / Niles Eldredge.
The pattern of evolution / Niles Eldredge.
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New York : W.H. Freeman, c1999.
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T0388761
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English
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219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Ode to Cecropia: Discovering Nature -- Ch. 2. Teasing the Strands Apart -- Ch. 3. Time, Energy, and Biological Evolution -- Ch. 4. Evolution of the Earth -- Ch. 5. Of Genes and Species: Modern Evolutionary Theory -- Ch. 6. The Cecropia Moral: Evolution and the Realm of Matter-in-Motion.
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Publisher
New York : W.H. Freeman, c1999.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1999.
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He examines the history of ideas on evolution from the beginning of the modern scientific era, about two centuries ago, to the present. Seizing on evidence of similar patterns across disciplines, he shows how important issues and events have brought us to the brink of a more comprehensive understanding of the earth. Learning how things work within...
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The pattern of evolution / Niles Eldredge.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.
Transferred from N576.8/8.
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c1999.
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T0388761
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74VMyEAAzVNb
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0716739631 (pbk.)
9780716730460
0716730464
9780716739630
0716739631
9780716739630 (pbk.)
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576.8
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991002102739702626
