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The Darwinian paradigm : essays on its history, philosophy, and religious implications / Michael Ruse.

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by Ruse, Michael.
Call Number 575 22
Publication Date 1989
Summary Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" is now 130 years old, but it continues to provoke fierce debate. This lively and controversial collection of essays looks at Darwinism from historical and contemporary perspectives.
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The Darwin archipelago : the naturalist's career beyond Origin of species / Steve Jones.

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by Jones, Steve, 1944-
Call Number 570.92 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Charles Darwin is of course best known for The Voyage of the Beagle and The Origin of Species. But he produced many other books over his long career, exploring specific aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection in greater depth. The eminent evolutionary biologist Steve Jones uses these lesser-known works as springboards to examine how their essential ideas have generated whole fields of modern biology. Earthworms helped found modern soil science, Expression of the Emotions helped found comparative psychology, and Self-Fertilization and Forms of Flowers were important early works on the origin of sex. Through this delightful introduction to Darwin's oeuvre, one begins to see Darwin's role in biology as resembling Einstein's in physics: he didn't have one brilliant idea but many and in fact made some seminal contribution to practically every field of evolutionary study. Though these lesser-known works may seem disconnected, Jones points out that they all share a common theme: the power of small means over time to produce gigantic ends. Called a "world of wonders" by the Timesof London, The Darwin Archipelago will expand any reader's view of Darwin's genius and will demonstrate how all of biology, like life itself, descends from a common ancestor.
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Divine action and natural selection [electronic resource] : science, faith, and evolution / editors, Joseph Seckbach, Richard Gordon.

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by Seckbach, J. (Joseph)
Call Number 576.8 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary The debate between divine action, or faith, and natural selection, or science, is garnering tremendous interest. This book ventures well beyond the usual, contrasting American Protestant and atheistic points of view, and also includes the perspectives of Jews, Muslims, and Roman Catholics. It contains arguments from the various proponents of intelligent design, creationism, and Darwinism, and also covers the sensitive issue of how to incorporate evolution into the secondary school biology curriculum. Comprising contributions from prominent, award-winning authors, the book also contains dialogs following each chapter to provide extra stimulus to the readers and a full picture of this "hot" topic, which delves into the fundamentals of science and religion.
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Wallace, Darwin, and the origin of species / James T. Costa.

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by Costa, James T., 1963- author.
Call Number 576.82 23
Publication Date 2014
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The Origin then and now [electronic resource] : an interpretive guide to the Origin of species / David N. Reznick ; with an introduction by Michael Ruse.

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by Reznick, David N., 1952-
Call Number 576.8 22
Publication Date 2011 2009
Summary Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting for students and general readers alike because of Darwin's Victorian prose and the complexity and scope of his ideas. The "Origin" Then and Now is a unique guide to Darwin's masterwork, making it accessible to a much wider audience by deconstructing and reorganizing the Origin in a way that allows for a clear explanation of its key concepts. The Origin is examined within the historical context in which it was written, and modern examples are used to reveal how t.
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Genetics of original sin [electronic resource] : the impact of natural selection on the future of humanity / Christian de Duve with Neil Patterson ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.

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by De Duve, Christian.
Call Number 576.8 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Increasingly absorbed in recent years by advances in our understanding of the origin of life, evolutionary history, and the advent of human kind, eminent biologist Christian de Duve has pondered the future of life on this planet. Focusing on the process of natural selection, de Duve explores the inordinate and now dangerous rise of humankind.--[book jacket].
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Darwin and archaeology : a handbook of key concepts / edited by John P. Hart and John Edward Terrell ; foreword by Gary M. Feinman.

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by Hart, John P.
Call Number 930.1 22
Publication Date 2002
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