Book Review: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Evolution: "From Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to the modern theories of macro- and micro-evolution, from the misuses of Darwins theory to the Scopes Monkey Trial and the rulings of the Kansas Board of Education, a comprehensive yet eminently readable book on human evolution.
Most books on evolution offer too much information, presuppose that readers want to get into great detail on the subject, or specialize, so that only part of the story is revealed. The Complete Idiots Guide� series style is excellent for an overview for curious readers.
The keywords 'human evolution' call up 114 Websites and 463,000 Web pages on Yahoo.
Newspapers and periodicals offer dozens of articles on evolution and related topics every month. While humans have been evolving since life on earth began, the geological, paleontological, and natural explorations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which revealed that the Earth was far older than had previously been imagined, that led to the questioning of biblical beliefs in creation. Even before Darwin, there were scientists who set the stage for the 'survival of the fittest.' The Complete Idiots Guide� to Evolution offers a beginners/re-learners look at the science and the controversy surrounding it.
Leslie Alan Horvitz is a freelance writer whose specialty is science. The editor of The Quotable Scientist and Level 4- Virus Hunters of the CDC, he is the author of three forthcoming books- The Brain- Frontiers of Science, Eureka- A History of Scientific Breakthroughs, and Hows of Blues- What We Know About Depression and Manic Depression. He lives in New York City.
About the Author
Leslie Alan Horvitz is a freelance writer, specializing in science. The editor of The Quotable Scientist a"
Most books on evolution offer too much information, presuppose that readers want to get into great detail on the subject, or specialize, so that only part of the story is revealed. The Complete Idiots Guide� series style is excellent for an overview for curious readers.
The keywords 'human evolution' call up 114 Websites and 463,000 Web pages on Yahoo.
Newspapers and periodicals offer dozens of articles on evolution and related topics every month. While humans have been evolving since life on earth began, the geological, paleontological, and natural explorations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which revealed that the Earth was far older than had previously been imagined, that led to the questioning of biblical beliefs in creation. Even before Darwin, there were scientists who set the stage for the 'survival of the fittest.' The Complete Idiots Guide� to Evolution offers a beginners/re-learners look at the science and the controversy surrounding it.
Leslie Alan Horvitz is a freelance writer whose specialty is science. The editor of The Quotable Scientist and Level 4- Virus Hunters of the CDC, he is the author of three forthcoming books- The Brain- Frontiers of Science, Eureka- A History of Scientific Breakthroughs, and Hows of Blues- What We Know About Depression and Manic Depression. He lives in New York City.
About the Author
Leslie Alan Horvitz is a freelance writer, specializing in science. The editor of The Quotable Scientist a"
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