Joseph Travis Editors (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 979 pp., Foreword by Edward O. Wilson.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 979pp. Numerous illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. ABOUT THE BOOK: Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available. Clear, informative, and comprehensive in scope, Evolution opens with a series of major essays dealing with the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology, with major empirical and theoretical questions in the science, from speciation to adaptation, from paleontology to evolutionary development (evo devo), and concluding with essays on the social and political significance of evolutionary biology today.A second encyclopedic section travels the spectrum of topics in evolution with concise, informative, and accessible entries on individuals from ­Aristotle and Linneaus to Louis Leakey and Jean Lamarck; from T. H. Huxley and E. O. Wilson to Joseph Felsenstein and Motoo Kimura; and on subjects from altruism and amphibians to evolutionary psychology and Piltdown Man to the Scopes trial and social Darwinism. Readers will find the latest word on the history and philosophy of evolution, the nuances of the science itself, and the intricate interplay among evolutionary study, religion, philosophy, and ­society.Appearing at the beginning of the Darwin Year of 2009?the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species?this volume is a fitting tribute to the science Darwin set in motion. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: MICHAEL RUSE is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University. He is the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy, and has appeared on "Quirks and Quarks" and the Discovery Channel. JOSEPH TRAVIS is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Biological Science at Florida State University. EDWARD O. WILSON (Foreword) is Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.* SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost charge) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator). Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press/Harvard Univ. Press. Good/Good. 2009. . Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., xii, 979 pp., Shelf wear; cracked inner hinge; shelf lean; edges of dust jacket rubbed; head of dust jacket spine and dust jacket corners bumped; original price intact; back dust jacket panel fold-over creased at bottom corner; pages clean and unmarked. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardcover in a Fine dj (tiny 1/8" tear to top dj spine, otherwise as new). Edited by Michael Ruse & Joseph Travis. With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson. Illustrated. 979pp. Please note that the actual shipping rate will apply for this heavy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Foreword by Edward O. Wilson. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in silver. Includes illustrations, graphs, and tables. 6 1/2 x 10 inches. 979 pages.

First edition. Hardcover. A tiny bit of spotting/mild soiling on the top and fore edges, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket with a few small professionally closed tears ($ price intact). A massive book (approximately 1000 pages) with essays by various scientists on all aspects of evolution, well-illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, charts/tables/graphs. With a foreword by Edward O. Wilson. This extremely heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted (approx. $50 US economy air).

First edition of this work on evolutionary thought. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page, who has drawn a picture of an ant. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. "If ever there were an education in a book, there's one in this massive volume.What is most probably the commemorative par excellence of the Origin of Species sesquicentennial" (Ray Olson Booklist).