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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... originally published in october 1994. At. a particular instant roughly 15 billion yearsago, all thematterand energy we can observe, concentrated in a region smaller than a dime, began to expand and cool at an incredibly rapid rate. By the ...
... originally published in october 1994. A. t a particular instant roughly 15 billion years ago, all the matter and energy we can observe, concentrated in a region smaller than a dime, began to expand and cool at an incredibly rapid rate. By ...
A Scientific American Reader Scientific American. The. First. Stars. in. the. Universe. richard b. larson and volker bromm originally published in december 2001. W. e live in a universe that is full of bright objects. On a clear night one ...
... First Stars " in Star Formation from the Small to the Large Scale . Edited by F. Favata , A. A. Kaas and A. Wilson . ESA Publications , 2000. Avail- able on the Web at www.astro ... originally published in THE FIRST STARS IN THE UNIVERSE 23.
A Scientific American Reader Scientific American. Exploring. Our. Universe. and. Others. martin rees originally published in december 1999. C. osmic exploration is preeminently a 20th-century achievement. Only in the 1920s did we realize ...
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 |