The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells to Civilization

Vermeij, Geerat J.

ISBN 10: 031259108X / ISBN 13: 9780312591083

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, NY, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells to Civilization
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, NY
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031259108X
• ISBN 13: 9780312591083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

"The Evolutionary World" presents a new argument for evolution's broader importance. Adaptation plays a role not only in the development of new species but the development of human civilization, and by understanding how evolutionary theory has played out in areas such as our economic system, our preparation for catastrophes, and even the development of communities, we can learn not just how these systems work, but also what challenges lie ahead. For readers of Richard Dawkins and Jerry A. Coyne's "Why Evolution is True", this book offers the next step in appreciating evolution's integral part in our lives.

About the Author

GEERAT J. VERMEIJ, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Geology at the University of California at Davis. Vermeij was born in the Netherlands and came to the United States with his family in 1955. He has received the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal by the National Academy of Sciences and was honored as a MacArthur Fellow. He has published more than two hundred scientific papers and five books and served as editor forEvolution and Paleobiology, the foremost journals in their respective fields.