In the Light of Evolution: Volume I: Adaptation and Complex Design

by National Academy of Sciences

In December 2006, the National Academy of Sciences sponsored a colloquium (featured as part of the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia series) on Adaptation and Complex Design to synthesize recent empirical findings and conceptual approaches toward understanding the evolutionary origins and maintenance of complex adaptations. Darwin's elucidation of natural selection as a creative natural force was a monumental achievement in the history of science, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030910405X
• ISBN13: 9780309104050
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"