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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Rothman, S. S. (Stephen S.), author.     Subjects     Natural selection.     Reproduction.     Evolution (Biology)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rothman, S. S. (Stephen S.), author.       by title:      The paradox of evolu...         MARC Display

The paradox of evolution [electronic resource] : the strange relationship between natural selection and reproduction / by Stephen Rothman. by Rothman, S. S. (Stephen S.), author. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015. Subjects Natural selection.   Reproduction.   Evolution (Biology) Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=D2201784-0E8E-4A39-95B3-9395704CA34C This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d2201784-0e8e-4a39-95b3-9395704ca34c&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{D2201784-0E8E-4A39-95B3-9395704CA34C}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781633880733 (electronic bk.) 1633880737 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource (248 pages) Contents:  Two mysteries -- a story of nature and science -- A most extraordinary theory -- the remarkable impact of a scientific theory on society -- A look inside Darwin's theory -- is the theory of evolution by means of natural selection internally consistent? -- The meaning of natural selection -- defining natural selection -- One for all did natural selection produce the mechanisms of reproduction? -- The other beginning -- the reproduction of cells -- Reproduction beyond replicating molecules and reproducing cells- -- Natural selection and the evolution of the reproductive mechanisms of life -- Iridescent brilliance -- Darwin worries about peacocks and finds sexual selection -- On the importance of small differences-the basis for sexual attraction -- In the eyes of the beholder -- utility vs. beauty in sexual attraction -- The great contradiction -- teleology rears its ugly head -- Purpose-teleology cannot be denied -- Darwin's teleology of survival -- the scientific basis for purpose in life -- The laws of nature-purpose from physical law -- The purposes of reproduction-why reproduction? -- The means-the agency of reproductive selection -- The final cause of reproduction -- what causes reproductive evolution? -- "For the sake of which...". Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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