Darwin S Reach

Author : Norman A. Johnson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Science
ISBN : 0429503962

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Darwin's Reach by Norman A. Johnson Pdf

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society. Such cutting-edge applications are emerging due to recent advances in DNA sequencing, new gene editing tools, and computational methods. This book is about applied evolution - the application of the principles of and information about evolutionary biology to diverse practical matters. Although applied evolution has existed, unrecognized, for a very long time, today's version has a much wider scope. Evolutionary medicine has formed into its own discipline. Evolutionary approaches have long been employed in agriculture and in conservation biology. But Darwin's reach now extends beyond just these three fields. It now also includes forensic biology and the law. Ideas from evolutionary biology can be used to inform policy regarding foreign affairs and national security. Applied evolution is not only interdisciplinary, but also multidisciplinary. Consequently, this book is for experts in one field who are interested in expanding their evolutionary horizons. It is also for students, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of the public relations challenges faced by evolutionary biology is that most people do not see it being all that relevant to their daily lives. Even many who accept evolution do not grasp how far Darwin's reach extends. This book will change that perception. Key Features: Emphasizes the expanding role evolutionary biology has in today's world. Includes examples from medicine, law, agriculture, conservation, and even national security Summarizes new technologies and computational methods that originated as innovations based in part or whole on evolutionary theory. Current. Has extensive coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent topics. Documents the important role evolution plays in everyday life. Illustrates the broadly interdisciplinary nature of evolutionary theory. Related Titles Rogers, S. O. Integrating Molecular Evolution (ISBN 9780367869526) DeSalle, R. et al. Phylogenomics: A Primer (ISBN 9780367028497) Bard, J. Evolution: The Origins and Mechanisms of Diversity (ISBN 9780367357016) The applications of evolutionary biology are far too numerous to include in just one book. Plus, new scientific findings emerge almost every day underscoring the central role evolution plays in our lives. The author has established a blog site to highlight these fascinating discoveries. Please visit https://darwinsreach.blog to be inspired by "... endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful [that] have been, and are being evolved." (the last line of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species).

Author : Norman A. Johnson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429995477

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Darwin's Reach by Norman A. Johnson Pdf

The application of evolutionary biology addresses a wide range of practical problems in medicine, agriculture, the environment, and society. Such cutting-edge applications are emerging due to recent advances in DNA sequencing, new gene editing tools, and computational methods. This book is about applied evolution – the application of the principles of and information about evolutionary biology to diverse practical matters. Although applied evolution has existed, unrecognized, for a very long time, today’s version has a much wider scope. Evolutionary medicine has formed into its own discipline. Evolutionary approaches have long been employed in agriculture and in conservation biology. But Darwin’s reach now extends beyond just these three fields. It now also includes forensic biology and the law. Ideas from evolutionary biology can be used to inform policy regarding foreign affairs and national security. Applied evolution is not only interdisciplinary, but also multidisciplinary. Consequently, this book is for experts in one field who are interested in expanding their evolutionary horizons. It is also for students, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. One of the public relations challenges faced by evolutionary biology is that most people do not see it being all that relevant to their daily lives. Even many who accept evolution do not grasp how far Darwin’s reach extends. This book will change that perception. Key Features Emphasizes the expanding role evolutionary biology has in today’s world. Includes examples from medicine, law, agriculture, conservation, and even national security Summarizes new technologies and computational methods that originated as innovations based in part or whole on evolutionary theory. Current. Has extensive coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and other recent topics. Documents the important role evolution plays in everyday life. Illustrates the broadly interdisciplinary nature of evolutionary theory. Resources The applications of evolutionary biology are far too numerous to include in just one book. Plus, new scientific findings emerge almost every day underscoring the central role evolution plays in our lives. The author has established a blog site to highlight these fascinating discoveries. Please visit https://darwinsreach.blog to be inspired by “... endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful [that] have been, and are being evolved.” (the last line of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species).

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547024453

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The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin Pdf

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is an autobiography by the English naturalist with the world-famous Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote the text, which he entitled Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character, as a memoir for the closest people. According to his words, he started writing it on about May 28, 1876, and had finished it by August 3. The lost passages were later restored by Darwin's granddaughter Nora Barlow in a 1958 edition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Origin of Species publication.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCM:5303674486

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The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin Pdf

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1987-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521348072

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Charles Darwin's Natural Selection by Charles Darwin Pdf

An original, unpublished manuscript written before the Origin of Species which contains the references to journal articles and books that Darwin used in formulating his controversial ideas. This volume has been edited and annotated and includes a cross-indexing to the Origin.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0146001443

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The Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin Pdf

Author : 50 minutes
Publisher : 50Minutes.com
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9782806276056

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Darwin's Theory of Evolution by 50 minutes Pdf

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the essential points of Darwin’s theory of evolution in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Darwin’s theory of evolution. After setting sail aboard the Beagle to carry out a scientific expedition, Charles Darwin made some surprising discoveries: using the example of finches on the Galapagos Islands, he concluded that each of the 13 species he found must have evolved from one common ancestor and adapted to best suit their environment. This led to him developing his theory of evolution and identifying natural selection as the cause, both of which are explained in his world-famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. In just 50 minutes you will: • Understand the context in which Darwin published his theory and the source of the many controversies surrounding it • Learn more about Darwin’s life and career and how it led him to his astounding discovery • Analyse the progression of Darwin’s work, including his travels, discoveries and the final publication of his theory after 20 years of development ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | History & Culture 50MINUTES.COM will enable you to quickly understand the main events, people, conflicts and discoveries from world history that have shaped the world we live in today. Our publications present the key information on a wide variety of topics in a quick and accessible way that is guaranteed to save you time on your journey of discovery.

Author : Alexander Vucinich
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520331242

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Darwin in Russian Thought by Alexander Vucinich Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781528785921

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On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Pdf

In this groundbreaking scientific study, Charles Darwin introduces his theory of evolution and the process of natural selection. The seminal work went on to form the foundation of the modern understanding of biology and natural science. First published in 1859, On the Origin of Species presents Darwin’s scientific study of the process of natural selection. Illustrating his evolutionary theory and the interrelatedness of heritable variation and the evolution of humans, animals and plant life. Darwin wrote for non-specialist readers, aiding the book in reaching a wide audience. By the 1870s, Darwin’s theory of evolution was commonly regarded as fact within the scientific community. The book includes his own sketches of evolution to support his theory, as well as abstracts of his experiments and research. The chapters in this volume include: - ‘Variation Under Domestication’ - ‘Variation Under Nature’ - ‘Struggle for Existence’ - ‘Natural Selection’ - ‘Laws of Variation’ Preserving a key scientific text for future generations, On the Origin of Species has been proudly republished by Read & Co. Books, featuring a specially commissioned biography of the author. An essential read for those with an interest in the groundbreaking work of Charles Darwin and the study of the history of evolution.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : Sackler Colloquium
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015073872999

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In the Light of Evolution by National Academy of Sciences Pdf

The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.

Author : D. King-Hele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986-02-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349180981

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Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic Poets by D. King-Hele Pdf

Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) had the highest reputation among living English poets during much of the 1790s, through the great success of his long poem in rhyming couplets, The Botanic Garden, published complete in 1792. In this new book Desmond King-Hele shows in convincing detail how Darwin greatly influenced five major English Romantic poets, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats, and many other poets of the time, such as Crabbe and Campbell (but not Byron).

Author : Richard G. Delisle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319691237

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The Darwinian Tradition in Context by Richard G. Delisle Pdf

The main goal of this book is to put the Darwinian tradition in context by raising questions such as: How should it be defined? Did it interact with other research programs? Were there any research programs that developed largely independently of the Darwinian tradition? Accordingly, the contributing authors explicitly explore the nature of the relationship between the Darwinian tradition and other research programs running in parallel. In the wake of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, which was established throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, historians and philosophers of biology devoted considerable attention to the Darwinian tradition, i.e., linking Charles Darwin to mid-Twentieth-Century developments in evolutionary biology. Since then, more recent developments in evolutionary biology have challenged, in part or entirely, the heritage of the Darwinian tradition. Not surprisingly, this has in turn been followed by a historiographical “recalibration” on the part of historians and philosophers regarding other research programs and traditions in evolutionary biology. In order to acknowledge this shift, the papers in this book have been arranged on the basis of two main threads: Part I: A perspective that views Darwinism as either being originally pluralistic or having acquired such a pluralistic nature through modifications and borrowings over time. Part II: A perspective blurring the boundaries between non-Darwinian and Darwinian traditions, either by contending that Darwinism itself was never quite as Darwinian as previously assumed, or that non-Darwinian traditions took on board various Darwinian components, when not fertilizing Darwinism directly. Between a Darwinism reaching out to other research programs and non-Darwinian programs reaching out to Darwinism, the least that can be said is that this interweaving of intellectual threads blurs the historiographical field. This volume aims to open vital new avenues for approaching and reflecting on the development of evolutionary biology.

Author : J. David Archibald
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781789144390

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Charles Darwin by J. David Archibald Pdf

A fresh account of Charles Darwin’s rich personal and professional lives, well beyond On the Origin of Species. In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. With this bedrock of biology books, Darwin carved a new origin-story for all life: evolution rather than creation. But this single book is not the whole story. In this new biography, J. David Archibald describes and analyzes Darwin’s prodigious body of work and complex relationships with colleagues, as well as his equally productive home life—he lived with his wife and seven surviving children in the bustling environs of Down House, south of London. There, among his family and friends, Darwin continued to experiment and write many more books on orchids, sex, emotions, and earthworms until his death in 1882, when he was honored with burial at Westminster Abbey. This is a fresh, up-to-date account of the life and work of a most remarkable man.

Author : Stephen C. Meyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780062071491

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Darwin's Doubt by Stephen C. Meyer Pdf

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of rock. In Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen C. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding this explosion of animal life—a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but because scientists have learned more about what it takes to construct an animal. During the last half century, biologists have come to appreciate the central importance of biological information—stored in DNA and elsewhere in cells—to building animal forms. Expanding on the compelling case he presented in his last book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer argues that the origin of this information, as well as other mysterious features of the Cambrian event, are best explained by intelligent design, rather than purely undirected evolutionary processes.

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615586600

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9 Tomatoes a Day by Charles Darwin Pdf

This magnificent story opens with a compelling discussion on the origins of poverty, and how over half of the Earth's population lives in squalor. It is proposed that the solution to this senseless blight on humanity can also become the key to a global economic recovery. A retired intelligence officer, Stone Richards, who is tormented by vial government secrets he uncovered during his military service, introduces a focused plan that can solve multiple problems and eventually bring the economy back from the brink of collapse. A biblical thesis that proclaims two or more people working towards a common goal can move mountains becomes the story's central plot as Hollywood's best know actors adopt the plan and create a reality show which results in the building of a model farm cooperative in Haiti. The farm houses 10,000 families who live in and own the farm for a cost of harvesting just 9 Tomatoes a Day. The elite Haitian families and international corporations, however, want to keep the majority of the Haitian people illiterate and in poverty. They try to stop the farm from being built, so they can continue to control the government and the countries natural resources. Stone calls upon his military training and the darker side of his nature to sequester the detractors which ultimately insures the farm's success, and demonstrates to the world that greatness results when everyone cooperates. The story proposes a practical path for economic and environmental recovery, suggesting fiction can become reality if humanities greatest potential is called upon.