The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life

David P. Mindell

Published by Harvard University Press 2007

The Evolving World

Evolution in Everyday Life

David P. Mindell

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041080

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About this book

Today, evolutionary biology is more than an explanatory concept. It is indispensable to our world. This book provides the first truly accessible and balanced account of how evolution has become a tool with applications that are thoroughly integrated, and deeply useful, in our everyday lives and our societies, often in ways that we do not realize.

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This wonderful book should be put in the hands of every student, every teacher, every person in America today. David Mindell is passionate about the science of evolution and about the ways in which it impinges on our daily lives. It is the perfect antidote to all of those sterile alternatives forwarded by the Christian Right and their fellow travelers. The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life does more than show that science is important. It shows that it can be tremendous fun.
-- Michael Ruse, author of The Evolution-Creation Struggle

Mindell has written a welcome...account of the ways in which concepts of evolutionary biology are used in ways that influence our daily lives.
-- Walter Cressler Library Journal

[The Evolving World> succeeds admirably in defining the numerous ways that "applied evolution" affects our everyday lives.
-- Greg Gibson Evolution

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
1. A Brief History of Three Unpopular Discoveries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2.95 Domestication: Evolution in Human Hands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. Evolution in Public Health and Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4. Evolution and Conservation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
5. Evolutionary Metaphor in Human Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
6. The Role of Evolution in Court and Classroom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 352

eBook

Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674041080