Understanding Natural Selection

by Michael Ruse

Book Overview

Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's theory of evolution in historical context showing that, in important respects, his central mechanism of natural selection gives the clue to understanding the nature of organisms. Natural selection has important implications, not just for the understanding of life's history -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009088327
• ISBN13: 9781009088329
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"