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Evolution 101 de Randy Moore

Evolution 101

Autor Randy Moore, Janice Moore
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2006 – vârsta până la 17 ani
What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Evolution 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of evolution using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood.Evolution 101 provides an introduction for non-scholars to this most powerful scientific theory, covering such issues as: the history of evolutionary thought, from before Darwin to the present day; the evidence for evolution, from fields as diverse as geology, molecular biology, paleontology, and more, that show how strongly supported evolution is; how evolution works, including topics ranging from behavior (e.g., sexual selection) to molecular biology (e.g., mutation); and evolution in our daily lives, including how evolution accounts for phenomena such as antibiotic resistance and pesticide resistance. This essential resource will answer the questions students and lay people have regarding evolution, and will point them on the path to further understanding.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313332920
ISBN-10: 0313332924
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Randy Moore is H.T. Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota. He had edited The American Biology Teacher and Journal of College Science Teaching, and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Biological Education. He has won numerous grants and teaching awards, including the Teacher Exemplar Award (Society for College Science Teachers). Moore, an Honorary Member of the National Association of Biology Teachers, has written over 200 articles and books, including numerous textbooks and Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide (2002).Janice Moore is professor of Biology at Colorado State University. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the book Parasites and the Behavior of Animals (2002). She is also co-editor of Host-Parasite Evolution (1997) and serves on the editorial board of BioScience.

Cuprins

Series ForewordPreface1 The History of Evolutionary ThoughtEarly Ideas About Life's DiversityNaming LifeLamarck Proposes the First Testable Theory of EvolutionCharles DarwinDarwin Sets Sail Aboard the Beagle and Sees the WorldDarwin's Life Back in EnglandDown HouseWallace Provokes Darwin to Announce His IdeaThe Theory of Evolution After DarwinDarwin's Bold PredictionSummary2 Evidence for EvolutionThe Evidence for EvolutionThe Age of the EarthDetermining the Ages of Fossils and RocksFossilsExtinctionsArtificial SelectionEmbryologyBiogeographyComparative AnatomyVestigial StructuresMolecular BiologyWe Can Watch Evolution HappenEvolution, Life, and Death: The Evolution of Drug ResistanceCan Evolution Be Stopped?Contradictory Evidence?Evolution in the CourtroomSummary3 How Evolution WorksGenes Link GenerationsPesticide ResistanceDNA and ChromosomesThe Frequencies of Genes Can ChangeWhat Causes Genetic Variation?Mutation Can Cause Genetic VariationGene Flow Can Cause Genetic VariationGenetic Mixing Can Cause Genetic VariationEvolution Is Change in Gene Frequency-How Do Gene Frequencies Change?Conservation and Genetic DiversityNatural Selection Produces Adaptive Change in Gene FrequenciesSexual Reproduction Increases Genetic VariationThe Red Queen and Sexual ReproductionMate Choice Can Be AdaptiveSelection for One Extreme, Both Extremes, or the MiddleNice Guys Don't Have to Finish LastCalculating Coefficients of RelatednessMutualismSummary4 The Scale and Products of EvolutionMicroevolution Occurs Within PopulationsMacroevolution Produces Species DiversityWhat Is a Species?How Do Species Form?Species Form by Geographic Isolation, A Disturbance in Gene FlowSpecies Form When Shifts in Resources Disturb Gene FlowSpecies Form When Mate Choice Restricts Gene FlowSpecies Form When Genetic Changes Disturb Gene FlowThe Common Theme of Speciation Is Reproductive IsolationA Phylogeny Traces the History of SpeciationShared Traits Reveal Shared AncestryThree Types (Branches) of Living OrganismsWhere Did Life Come From?The Evolution of Multicellular OrganismsAdaptive Radiation Fuels BiodiversityPoisonous Oceans, Death Stars, and Mass ExtinctionSummary5 Evolution and Our Daily LivesDarwin's Predictions Continue to Ring TrueSocial DarwinismEugenicsThe Evolution of PathogensSociobiology and Evolutionary PsychologyHuman EvolutionSummaryAppendicesAppendix 1: The Geological TimescaleAppendix 2: Legal Decisions Involving the Teaching of Evolution and Creationism in Public SchoolsAppendix 3: A Timeline for Evolutionary ThoughtAppendix 4: Meiosis and Crossing OverAppendix 5: The Products of EvolutionGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex

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[E]ven younger, motivated students should be able to gain some understanding of these topics without assistance or prior knowledge. Teachers will appreciate the depth and clairity.
NSTA Recommends Seldom is a book so well written and so well researched that it ought to be required reading for every thinking person. Moores one-volume reference on the theory of evolution comes as close as anything I have ever encountered in my career as both a biologist and an educator. From its thorough history of the development of the theory over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries to its painstaking analysis of how evolution works and the evidence for it, this book explains in simple but accurate language everything any person needs to know to grasp the essence of one of the most important scientific explanations of all time..Not only should every high school, community, and university library have a copy of Evolution 101 but every science teacher in the country should as well.
[T]his book is a valuable, concise introduction to evolutionary thought. The authors have succeeded in providing a simple explanation of evolutionary theory that should be understandable to the average reader. This book should be essential for school and public libraries, and would be a valuable resource for any biology teacher concerned about teaching this subject accurately.
Written to be fully accessible and with a minimum of jargon, this covers what general readers should know about evolution for them to apply to further reading or study. Randy Moore and Janice Moore take a practical approach but also offer the theory necessary to get the point across, starting with the history of evolutionary thought (Darwin and the Beagle), extension and elaboration of Darwin's basic theories, and the impact of those who thought they knew Darwin's work but wandered off a bit by themselves. They describe the evidence for evolution in fossils, rocks and drug resistance, examine how evolution works (DNA, genetic variation and gene frequency, mate choices and coefficients of relatedness), the scale and products of evolution and the role of evolution in our daily lives.