The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of
explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical …

Evolutionary theory is undergoing an intense period of discussion and reevaluation. This,
contrary to the misleading claims of creationists and other pseudoscientists, is no harbinger …

No other scientific theory has had as tremendous an impact on our understanding of the
world as Darwin's theory as outlined in his Origin of Species, yet from the very beginning the …

An insider's provocative account of one of the most contentious debates in science today
When Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, two of the world's leading evolutionary …

Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the
elements of theories—selection, adaptation, and species—that are complex and open to …

In interviews with today's major figures in evolutionary biology--including Stephen Jay
Gould, EO Wilson, Ernst Mayr, and John Maynard Smith--Ruse offers an unparalleled …

Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, from discoveries and
data to philosophy and history, this book is the most complete, authoritative, and inviting one …

Evolutionary theory ranks as one of the most powerful concepts of modern civilization. Its
effects on our view of life have been wide and deep. One of the most world-shaking books …

Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975) was a key author of the Synthetic Theory of
Evolution, also known as the Modern Synthesis of Evolutionary Theory, which embodies a …

The ideas and terminology of Darwinism are so pervasive these days that it seems
impossible to avoid them, let alone imagine a world without them. But in this remarkable …