Bibliograph

The evolutionary world, how adaptation explains everything from seashells to civilization, Geerat J. Vermeij

Type

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The evolutionary world, how adaptation explains everything from seashells to civilization, Geerat J. Vermeij

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The evolutionary world

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

606785253

Responsibility statement

Geerat J. Vermeij

Sub title

how adaptation explains everything from seashells to civilization

Summary

This book shows how evolution is a concept that organizes, explains, and predicts a multitude of unconnected facts and phenomena. Adaptation plays a role not only in the development of new species but in the development of human civilization. The author presents a new argument for evolution's broader importance.--[book jacket]

Table Of Contents

The evolutionary way of knowing -- Deciphering nature's codebook -- On imperfection -- Taming unpredictability -- The evolution of order -- The complexity of life and the origin of meaning -- The secrets of grass: interdependence and its discontents -- Nature's housing market, or why nothing happens in isolation -- Dispatches from a warmer world -- The search for sources and sinks -- Invaders, incumbents, and a changing of the guard -- The arrow of time and the struggle for life -- History and the human future

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