What Evolution Is

"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

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

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

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

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