The Causes of Evolution by John Burdon Haldane (English) Paperback Book

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JBS Haldane (1892-1964), one of the founders of the science of population genetics, was also one of the greatest practitioners of the art of explaining science to the layperson. This title provides accessible introduction to the genetical basis of evolution by natural selection.

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J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), one of the founders of the science of population genetics, was also one of the greatest practitioners of the art of explaining science to the layperson. Haldane was a superb story-teller, as his essays and children's books attest. In "The Causes of Evolution" he not only helped to marry the new science of genetics to the older one of evolutionary theory but also provided an accessible introduction to the genetical basis of evolution by natural selection. Egbert G. Leigh's new afterword to this classic work places it in the context of the ongoing study of evolution. Defining Haldane's refusal to be confined by a "System" as a "light-hearted" one, Leigh points out that we are now finding that "Haldane's questions are the appropriate next stage in learning how adaptation can evolve. We are now ready to reap the benefit of the fact that Haldane was a free man in the sense that really matters."

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Haldane's work is even better than most modern popularizations in its balance between gentle rhetoric and logical rigor... In addition, working through the arguments in Haldane's Appendices is still likely to produce new ideas in students of the latest topics in sociobiology and evolutionary genetics. -- Henry S. Horn, Princeton University

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"Haldane's work is even better than most modern popularizations in its balance between gentle rhetoric and logical rigor. . . . In addition, working through the arguments in Haldane's Appendices is still likely to produce new ideas in students of the latest topics in sociobiology and evolutionary genetics." --Henry S. Horn, Princeton University

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"Haldane's work is even better than most modern popularizations in its balance between gentle rhetoric and logical rigor. . . . In addition, working through the arguments in Haldane's Appendices is still likely to produce new ideas in students of the latest topics in sociobiology and evolutionary genetics."—Henry S. Horn, Princeton University

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Haldane's work is even better than most modern popularizations in its balance between gentle rhetoric and logical rigor... In addition, working through the arguments in Haldane's Appendices is still likely to produce new ideas in students of the latest topics in sociobiology and evolutionary genetics. -- Henry S. Horn, Princeton University

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J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), one of the founders of the science of population genetics, was also one of the greatest practitioners of the art of explaining science to the layperson. Haldane was a superb story-teller, as his essays and children's books attest. In "The Causes of Evolution" he not only helped to marry the new science of genetics to the older one of evolutionary theory but also provided an accessible introduction to the genetical basis of evolution by natural selection. Egbert G. Leigh's new afterword to this classic work places it in the context of the ongoing study of evolution. Defining Haldane's refusal to be confined by a "System" as a "light-hearted" one, Leigh points out that we are now finding that "Haldane's questions are the appropriate next stage in learning how adaptation can evolve. We are now ready to reap the benefit of the fact that Haldane was a free man in the sense that really matters."

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"Haldane's work is even better than most modern popularizations in its balance between gentle rhetoric and logical rigor. . . . In addition, working through the arguments in Haldane's Appendices is still likely to produce new ideas in students of the latest topics in sociobiology and evolutionary genetics." --Henry S. Horn, Princeton University

Details ISBN0691024421 Author John Burdon Haldane Short Title CAUSES OF EVOLUTION Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691024421 ISBN-13 9780691024424 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 575 Illustrations Yes Year 1990 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691024424 Series Number 5 UK Release Date 1990-10-10 NZ Release Date 1990-10-10 US Release Date 1990-10-10 Pages 60 Series Princeton Science Library Publication Date 1990-10-10 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1991-01-01 We've got this

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