Evolution: A Scientific American Reader (Scientific American Readers)

中文参考译名:演化:一个美国科学读卡器(科学美国人读者)
Author: Scientific American
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: scientific, american, readers, reader, evolution
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2006-09-15
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0226742695
ISBN-13: 9780226742694

书籍介绍(英文)


From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board’s proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy—or grabbed as many headlines—as evolution. And since the debate shows no signs of abating, there is perhaps no better time to step back and ask: What is evolution? Defined as the gradual process by which something changes into a different and usually more complex and efficient form, evolution explains the formation of the universe, the nature of viruses, and the emergence of humans. A first-rate summary of the actual science of evolution, this Scientific American reader is a timely collection that gives readers an opportunity to consider evolution’s impact in various settings.

Divided into four sections that consider the evolution of the universe, cells, dinosaurs, and humans, Evolution brings together more than thirty articles written by some of the world’s most respected evolutionary scientists. As tour guides through the genesis of the universe and complex cells, P. James E. Peebles examines the evidence in support of an expanding cosmos, while Christian de Duve discusses the birth of eukaryotes. In an article that anticipated his book Full House, Stephen Jay Gould argues that chance and contingency are as important as natural selection for evolutionary change. And Ian Tatersall makes two fascinating contributions, submitting his view that the schematic of human evolution looks less like a ladder and more like a bush.

With the latest on what’s being researched at every level of evolutionary studies, from prospects of life on other planets to the inner working of cells, Evolution offers general readers an opportunity to update their knowledge on this hot topic while giving students an introduction to the problems and methodologies of an entire field of inquiry.



从斯科普斯“猴子审判1925年”禁止在多佛地区的学校董事会提出的在2005年智能设计课程法院的裁决,很少作为科研课题引起很大争议,或者抓住尽可能多的标题为进化。此外由于辩论并没有缓和的迹象,但也许没有更好的时间往后退一步问:什么是进化?定义是渐进的过程其中到一个不同的通常更为复杂和有效的形式,演变解释了宇宙的形成发生变化,对病毒的性质,以及人类的出现。阿首次进化的实际科学率总之,这是科学美国人读者及时集合让读者有机会考虑的演变在不同环境的影响。

分为四个部分
分别是考虑到宇宙,细胞进化,恐龙和人类进化带来了世界上最受尊敬的进化的科学家共同撰写的文章超过30。通过对宇宙起源和复杂的细胞导游,体育詹姆斯皮布尔斯探讨了在宇宙膨胀的证据,而克里斯汀德迪夫讨论了真核生物的诞生。在他的书的预期满座,古尔德文章说有机会和应急一样的自然选择进化的重要变化。和伊恩Tatersall使两个迷人的贡献,他认为提交第


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