Explaining Life through Evolution
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
By Prosanta Chakrabarty
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$22.95
Aug 08, 2023 | ISBN 9780262546256
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Aug 08, 2023 | ISBN 9780262375467
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Aug 08, 2023 | ISBN 9780262375474
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Praise
“Chakrabarty gives a well-informed account that should refresh the knowledge of curious readers and convince those with open minds… this book is a superb gift for a teenager fascinated by science but frustrated at the careful, abbreviated approach to evolution they are likely to encounter in high school biology class.”
– Kirkus Reviews
Table Of Contents
Part I: A Personal Prologue
Called to Action 3
Pulled Into the Fight 11
On Trust 17
Facts and Truth 21
Part II: The Evolution Revolution
Introduction to Evolution 27
The Great Chain of Being or Ladder of Life 37
Theories of Evolution 47
From So Simple a Beginning 53
The Selection of Natural Selection 67
Mendel and the Maintenance of Variation 73
Mutants and Mutations 79
Speciation: The Formation of New Species 89
Part III: Questions and Misconceptions
Who You Calling “Primitive”? 109
Our Crappy-Crappie Bodies 117
The Tree of Life 123
The Origin of Life 129
The History of Life 137
Part IV: Why Understanding Evolution Matters
Evolution in the Anthropocene 145
Natural History 155
Our Genealogy and Ancestry 163
Sex/Gender/Sexuality 175
Combating Post-Truth with Trust 189
Conversation with a Creationist 195
Epilogue 201
Acknowledgments 207
Glossary 209
Notes 219
Further Reading 257
Figure Credits 259
Index 263
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