Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences: Summary of a Convocation

by Board on Life Sciences, Division on Life Sciences, National Research Council, et al.

Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegated to a handful of chapters in textbooks and a few class sessions in introductory biology courses, if covered at all. In recent years, a movement has been gaining momentum that is aimed at radically changing this situation.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309256895
• ISBN13: 9780309256896
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"