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Dawkins vs. Gould : survival of the fittest / Kim Sterelny.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thriplow : Icon ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed to the trade in the USA by National Book Network, 2007.Edition: New edDescription: 205 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 1840467800
  • 9781840467802
Other title:
  • Dawkins versus Gould
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Contents:
Acknowledgements -- About the author -- PART I: BATTLE JOINED. A clash of perspectives. -- PART II: DAWKINS' WORLD. Genes and gene lineages -- Gene selection in a world of organisms -- Extended phenotypes and outlaws -- Selfishness and selection -- Selection and adaptation. -- PART III: THE VIEW FROM HARVARD. Local process, global change? -- Punctuated equilibrium -- Mass extinction -- Life in the Cambrian -- The evolutionary escalator. -- PART IV: THE STATE OF PLAY. A candle in the dark? -- Stumps summary. -- Suggested reading -- Glossary -- Appendix: Geological timescale.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 576.8 S838 Available 33111004989873
Total holds: 0

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Already an international bestseller, this completely revised edition updates the story of science's most bitter argument.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-198).

Acknowledgements -- About the author -- PART I: BATTLE JOINED. A clash of perspectives. -- PART II: DAWKINS' WORLD. Genes and gene lineages -- Gene selection in a world of organisms -- Extended phenotypes and outlaws -- Selfishness and selection -- Selection and adaptation. -- PART III: THE VIEW FROM HARVARD. Local process, global change? -- Punctuated equilibrium -- Mass extinction -- Life in the Cambrian -- The evolutionary escalator. -- PART IV: THE STATE OF PLAY. A candle in the dark? -- Stumps summary. -- Suggested reading -- Glossary -- Appendix: Geological timescale.

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