Introducing Darwin and evolution

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Progress in genetics today would not have been possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who determined belief in God's creation was remarkably timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion, a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, faring the controversy his theories might unleash. In this book, the author unravels Darwin's life and contribution to biology in a brilliant and lucid manner, and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required. In this way, he provides an unusually clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-Darwinian biology to modern genetics and the crucial discovery of chromosomes. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author

Jonathan Miller

Other Authors

Borin Van Loon, 1951-

Document Type

Books

Physical Description

174 s. : il. ; 21 cm

Published

Cambridge : Icon, 2000

Subjects

Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882

evoluční teorie

evoluce (biologie) > dějiny

evoluce

evoluční

teorie

dějiny

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

populárně-naučné publikace

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Vyšlo též pod názvem Darwin for beginners

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ISBN

1-84046-153-5