Dawkins vs. Gould : survival of the fittest / Kim Sterelny.
Material type: TextPublication 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
- Dawkins versus Gould
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 576.8 S838 | Available | 33111004989873 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.