Evolution: A Scientific American ReaderScientific American University of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 312 páginas From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board’s proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy—or grabbed as many headlines—as evolution. And since the debate shows no signs of abating, there is perhaps no better time to step back and ask: What is evolution? Defined as the gradual process by which something changes into a different and usually more complex and efficient form, evolution explains the formation of the universe, the nature of viruses, and the emergence of humans. A first-rate summary of the actual science of evolution, this Scientific American reader is a timely collection that gives readers an opportunity to consider evolution’s impact in various settings. |
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... First Stars in the Universe 24 32 RICHARD B. LARSON AND VOLKER BROMM Exploring Our Universe and Others MARTIN REES Searching for Life in Our Solar System BRUCE M. JAKOSKY 40 The Fate of Life in the Universe LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS AND GLENN ...
... first minute of the expansion. Conditions were still too hot, however, for atomic nuclei to capture electrons ... stars. By the time the universe had expanded to one fifth its present size, the stars had formed groups recognizable as ...
... first minute of the expansion. Conditions were still too hot, however, for atomic nuclei to capture electrons ... stars. By the time the universe had ex- panded to one fifth its present size, the stars had formed groups recog- nizable as ...
... early universe . Satellites detect the cosmic background radi- ation left over from ... stars exhaust the supply of nuclear fuel ? No one knows the answers yet ... first evidence that galaxies are actually moving apart . Then , in 1929 ...
... First, it is nearly. DENSITY even be possible , he thought , to detect ... early communications satellites Echo - 1 and Telstar . The engi- neer who built this instrument found that it ... stars collapsed into. THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE 9.
Contenido
Cellular Evolution | 85 |
Dinosaurs and Other Monsters | 169 |
Human Evolution | 249 |
Contents | 362 |
Illustration Credits | 364 |
The Evolution of the Universe | 1 |
Cellular Evolution | 85 |
Dinosaurs and Other Monsters | 169 |
Human Evolution | 249 |