عنوان

The evolving world :

شابک

0674021916

شابک

0674041089

شابک

9780674021914

شابک

9780674041080

شماره

b758624

عنوان اصلي

The evolving world :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

evolution in everyday life /

نام نخستين پديدآور

David P. Mindell.

وضعيت ويراست

1st Harvard University pbk. ed.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Cambridge, Mass. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Harvard University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2007.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (viii, 341 pages) :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, maps

متن يادداشت

Originally published 2006.

متن يادداشت

Title from PDF title page (viewed Aug. 24, 2009).

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index.

متن يادداشت

A brief history of three unpopular discoveries -- Domestication: evolution in human hands -- Evolution in public health and medicine -- Evolution and conservation -- Evolutionary metaphor in human culture -- The role of evolution in court and classroom.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

Annotation In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the genetic code and the structure of cells to the reproduction, development, and migration of animal and plant life. But today, as David P. Mindell makes undeniably clear in The Evolving World, evolutionary biology is much more than an explanatory concept. It is indispensable to the world we live in. This book provides the first truly accessible and balanced account of how evolution has become a tool with applications that are thoroughly integrated, and deeply useful, in our everyday lives and our societies, often in ways that we do not realize. When we domesticate wild species for agriculture or companionship; when we manage our exposure to pathogens and prevent or control epidemics; when we foster the diversity of species and safeguard the functioning of ecosystems: in each of these cases, Mindell shows us, evolutionary biology applies. It is at work when we recognize that humans represent a single evolutionary family with variant cultures but shared biological capabilities and motivations. And last but not least, we see here how evolutionary biology comes into play when we use knowledge of evolution to pursue justice within the legal system and to promote further scientific discovery through education and academic research. More than revealing evolution's everyday uses and value, The Evolving World demonstrates the excitement inherent in its applications--and convinces us as never before that evolutionary biology has become absolutely necessary for human existence.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

شماره انبار

22573/ctvjntn0d

عنوان

Evolving world.

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)-- Social aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Biological Evolution.

موضوع مستند نشده

Genetics, Behavioral.

موضوع مستند نشده

Sociobiology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolutie.

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)

موضوع مستند نشده

Evolution (Biology)-- Social aspects.

موضوع مستند نشده

Filosofische aspecten.

موضوع مستند نشده

SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Evolution.

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI-- 027000

موضوع مستند نشده

SCI-- 034000

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mindell, David P.

تاريخ عمليات

20201204183714.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y