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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... Complex Cells CHRISTIAN DE DUVE 114 Viral Quasispecies MANFRED EIGEN 126 How Cells Respond to Stress WILLIAM J. WELCH 140 Cell Communication : The Inside Story JOHN D. SCOTT AND TONY PAWSON 150 Life, Death and the Immune System sir ...
... complex environments that have been altered by the effects of previous star formation. Therefore, scientists may find it easier to model the formation of the first stars than to model how stars form at present. In any case, the problem ...
... Complex structures and phenomena have unfolded from simple physical laws—we wouldn't be here if they hadn't. Simple laws, however, do not necessarily lead to complex consequences. Consider an analogue from the field of fractal ...
... complex. Cosmology involves them all. In the coming years, re- searchers will focus their efforts on pinning down the basic universal con- stants, such as omega, and on discovering what dark matter is. I think there is a good chance of ...
... complex cosmos of galaxies, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble—here on Earth and perhaps on other worlds—into living beings intricate enough to ponder their own origins? These questions are a challenge for the new millennium ...
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 |