Biological Evolution: An Introduction

by Mike Cassidy

Biological evolution, the theory of natural selection and of common descent, is a triumph both of human reasoning and scientific undertaking. The biological discipline of evolution contains both a chronicle of human endeavour and the story of life on Earth. This book is concerned with living forms and how they developed from 'simple and unpromising beginnings'. It considers evolution as both process and product. The author, an experienced teacher and educator, employs a historical narrative, used to convey the idea of 'change with modification' and to emphasise the relevance of evolution to contemporary bioscience. Biological evolution has now become part of the scientific orthodoxy and this accessible text will assist undergraduate students in the biological sciences within any ongoing debate.

278 pages, Paperback

Published December 17, 2020

Reviews

[Ashar Malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made a fantastic read. It truly was an “introductory” text - defining nomenclature as it went along. The text laid a very good foundation which is essential to understanding a subject as complicated as Evolution. I will say that I have read many titles in the subject so my opinion might be biased when I say that the subject matter was well presented, easy to follow and helped build up a larger mental model to understand biological evolution. I will definitely be coming back to this book in the future - as a reference. This book is definitely recommended to everyone interested in the subject. Even people who think they are established researchers in the field will learn a thing or two from this title.

[Dale Alan Bryant · Rating 5 out of 5]

With a bit over my head.