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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Chakrabarty, Prosanta, author.     Subjects     Evolution (Biology)     Natural selection.     Life -- Origin.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chakrabarty, Prosanta, author.       by title:      Explaining life thro...         MARC Display

Explaining life through evolution / Prosanta Chakrabarty. by Chakrabarty, Prosanta, author. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] Subjects Evolution (Biology)   Natural selection.   Life -- Origin. ISBN:  9780262546256 (paperback) : 0262546256 (paperback) Description:  viii, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm Contents:  Part I: A Personal Prologue -- Called to Action -- Pulled into the Fight -- On Trust -- Facts and Truth -- Part II: The Evolution Revolution -- Introduction to Evolution -- The Great Chain of Being or Ladder of Life -- Theories of Evolution -- From So Simple a Beginning -- The Selection of Natural Selection -- Mendel and the Maintenance of Variation -- Mutants and Mutations -- Speciation: The Formation of New Species -- On Fossils and the Book of Life -- Part III: Questions and Misconceptions -- Who You Calling "Primitive"? -- Our Crappy-Crappie Bodies -- The Tree of Life -- The Origin of Life -- The History of Life -- Part IV: Why Understanding Evolution Matters -- Evolution in the Anthropocene -- Natural History -- Our Genealogy and Ancestry -- Sex/Gender/Sexuality -- Combatting Post-Truth with Trust -- Conversation with a Creationist -- Epilogue Requests:  0 Summary:  "A friendly, non-threatening, and accessible introduction to evolution, emphasizing both the evidence for evolution and the importance of understanding it in contemporary social context"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 576.8 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 576.8 Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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