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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution Charles Darwin and the evolution revolution Rebecca Stefoff Examines the personality as well as the thought process which led this naturalist to his discoveries which have helped shape our understanding of the natural world. OL15036133W
The Cambridge Companion to Darwin The Cambridge Companion to Darwin Jonathan Hodge The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809-82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life… OL15188042W
Evolution for everyone Evolution for everyone David Sloan Wilson Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution with stories that entertain as much as they inform, and shows how, properly understood, these principles can illuminate the length and breadth of cre… OL16064202W
The creation/evolution controversy The creation/evolution controversy Kary D. Smout xii, 209 pages ; 25 cm OL1861428W
The creationists The creationists Ronald L. Numbers In light of the embattled status of evolutionary theory, particularly as "intelligent design" makes headway against Darwinism in the schools and in the courts, this now classic account of the roots o… OL1867105W
Acquiring genomes Acquiring genomes Lynn Margulis "In this book, Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan present an answer to the one enduring mystery of evolution that Charles Darwin could never solve: the source of the inherited variation that gives rise t… OL1959186W
Darwins gevaarlijke idee Darwins gevaarlijke idee Daniel C. Dennett Filosofische benadering van de geschiedenis van de evolutietheorie. OL24821106W
The evolutionary process The evolutionary process Verne Grant Providing a clear and thorough review of the active field of organic evolution, the author describes the processes that bring about evolutionary change and the factors that affect these processes. He… OL2766066W
Evolutie betrapt Evolutie betrapt Jacques van Alphen,Willy van Strien Boek laat zien welke vragen evolutiebiologen zich stellen en hoe zij de evolutie steeds dieper leren doorgronden. Ook het actuele dna-onderzoek komt aan de orde; nu de technische mogelijkheden steeds… OL29237263W
Darwin's Religious Odyssey Darwin's Religious Odyssey William E. Phipps "Charles Darwin's five-year journey around the globe has been studied in detail, but few have written about his lifelong personal religious struggles. Using newly available material, William Phipps p… OL3287797W
Literary Darwinism Literary Darwinism Joseph Carroll In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and rev… OL3384916W
The Panda's Thumb The Panda's Thumb Stephen Jay Gould For better science students, this is a collection of 31 essays on natural history. OL473563W
Why God won't go away Why God won't go away Andrew B. Newberg "Why have we humans always longed to connect with something larger than ourselves? Why does consciousness inevitably involve us in a spiritual quest? Why, in short, won't God go away? Theologians, ph… OL6221570W