The evolving world

evolution in everyday life

By Mindell, David A.

Publishers Summary:
"In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the genetic code and the structure of cells to the reproduction, development, and migration of animal and plant life. But today, as David P. Mindell makes clear in The Evolving World, evolutionary biology is much more than an explanatory concept. It is indispensable to the world we live in. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-67402-191-4
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; Harvard University Press, 2006.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on May 15, 2006

Mindell (ecology & evolutionary biology, Univ. of Michigan) has written a welcome but somewhat encyclopedic account of the ways in which concepts of evolutionary biology are used in ways that influence our daily lives, e.g., domestication, conservation, public health, and education. Mindell includes a chapter on evolution as a metaphor for understanding cultural changes, provocatively usi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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