What Evolution Is, Ernst Mayr
What Evolution Is, Ernst Mayr
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What Evolution Is

Author: Ernst Mayr

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2019


Synopsis

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant
primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at
the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of
evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria on August 21, 2015

"WHAT EVOLUTION IS", a classic book on this topic, opens with an interesting foreword by Jared Diamond (author of Guns, Germs and Steel and The third Chimpanzee among other books), approaching the importance of how and why evolution needs to be understood not only by the scientific community but als......more

Goodreads review by Mircea on April 05, 2024

O carte care mi-a răspuns la întrebările pe care le aveam despre teoria evoluției: 1) Ce evoluează? Este populația. Evoluția este cel mai bine înțeleasă ca modificarea genetică a indivizilor fiecărei populații, de la generație la alta. 2) Este selecția naturală un proces întâmplător sau determinist? S......more

Goodreads review by Riku on November 02, 2014

I am guessing most of the science text-books borrowed from this masterpiece to convey these ideas effectively. But that also means that when someone goes back and reads the original it sounds too text-book-ey, in presentation and content. Not many ideas here which you wouldn't have been exposed to,......more

Goodreads review by Dennis Littrell on August 16, 2019

A splendid first course in evolution (But not for dummies.) Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this book is that the author was born in 1905. What legendary biologist Ernst Mayr might next want to share with us is his secret for remaining so mentally acute for so many years! Reading this expositi......more

Goodreads review by NA on August 10, 2017

I never thought that reading biology book will be freakingly fun. Walaupun ga ngerti-ngerti amat yah pemirsa karena istilahnya banyak banget ya Allah tolong. Pokoknya makasih yah om Ernst Mayr yang udah nulis buku sebagus ini. Gimana ga bagus, om Mayr nyeritain tentang evolusi sehalus itu dan kebantu......more