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Genesis: The Evolution of Biology
The Evolution of Biology presents a history of the past two centuries of biology, suitable for use in courses, but of interest more broadly to evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and biomedical scientists, as well as general readers interested in the history of science. The book
covers the early evolutionary biologists-Lamarck, Cuvier, Darwin and Wallace through Mayr and the neodarwinian synthesis, in much the same way as other histories of evolution have done, bringing in also the social implications, the struggles with our religious understanding, and the interweaving of
genetics into evolutionary theory. What is novel about Sapp's account is a real integration of the cytological tradition, from Schwann, Boveri, and the other early cell biologists and embryologists, and the coverage of symbiosis, microbial evolutionary phylogenies, and the new understanding of the
diversification of life coming from comparative analyses of complete microbial genomes.
The book is a history of theories about evolution, genes and organisms from Lamarck and Darwin to the present day. This is the first book on the general history of evolutionary biology to include the history of research and theories about symbiosis in evolution, and first to include research on
microbial evolution which were excluded from the classical neo-Darwinian synthesis. Bacterial evolution, and symbiosis in evolution are also excluded from virtually every book on the history of biology.
covers the early evolutionary biologists-Lamarck, Cuvier, Darwin and Wallace through Mayr and the neodarwinian synthesis, in much the same way as other histories of evolution have done, bringing in also the social implications, the struggles with our religious understanding, and the interweaving of
genetics into evolutionary theory. What is novel about Sapp's account is a real integration of the cytological tradition, from Schwann, Boveri, and the other early cell biologists and embryologists, and the coverage of symbiosis, microbial evolutionary phylogenies, and the new understanding of the
diversification of life coming from comparative analyses of complete microbial genomes.
The book is a history of theories about evolution, genes and organisms from Lamarck and Darwin to the present day. This is the first book on the general history of evolutionary biology to include the history of research and theories about symbiosis in evolution, and first to include research on
microbial evolution which were excluded from the classical neo-Darwinian synthesis. Bacterial evolution, and symbiosis in evolution are also excluded from virtually every book on the history of biology.
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First published January 1, 2003
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July 24, 2018
Tohle bylo vážně super. Upřímně, biologie mě brala tak do tercie, pak ji plně nahradila matematika. Postupně to byl takový neutrální předmět, sice fajn, ale ne že bych se to učila až tak nadšeně. Jenže tahle kniha je plná toho, co vám ve škole neřeknou - naopak ale spoléhá na spoustu věcí, které vám ty řekli, prostě žádné vysvětlivky některých základních pojmů, jak se s tím setkáte třeba v knihách o fyzice. Příběh evoluce a genetiky, postupné hledání, nejrůznější teorie - to, co v dnešní považujete za jasné, bylo tolikrát zpochybňováno... K tomu vliv společnosti, politiky, občas se vám do toho přimíchal někdo z jiného oboru (ano, i tam narazíte na některé známé fyziky). Na čtení je to tedy náročnější, ale vážně to stojí za to - zvlášť pokud se chcete dozvědět něco o Darwinovi, evoluci, jiných teoriích, buňkách a DNA.
August 17, 2016
For those who are interested in the epistemological evolution of evolution, the genesis of genesis, this is a must read. I particularity recommend this to philosophy students who are interested in working on philosophy of science, and biology
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