Evolution: The Modern Synthesis
1944; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 73 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1469-817X
Autores Tópico(s)Philosophy and History of Science
ResumoThe definitive edition of one of most important scientific books of twentieth century, setting out conceptual structure underlying evolutionary biology. This classic work by Julian Huxley, first published in 1942, captured and synthesized all that was then known about evolutionary biology and gave a name to Modern Synthesis, conceptual structure underlying field for most of twentieth Many considered Huxley's book a popularization of ideas then emerging in evolutionary biology, but in fact Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is a work of serious scholarship that is also accessible to general educated public. It is a book in intellectual tradition of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley-Julian Huxley's grandfather, known for his energetic championing of Darwin's ideas. A contemporary reviewer called Evolution: The Modern Synthesis the outstanding evolutionary treatise of decade, perhaps century. This definitive edition brings one of most important and successful scientific books of twentieth century back into print. It includes entire text of 1942 edition, Huxley's introduction to 1963 second edition (which demonstrates his continuing command of field), and introduction to 1974 third edition, written by nine experts (many of them Huxley's associates) from different areas of evolutionary biology.
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