Evolution: An Introduction

by Stephen C. Stearns

This book introduces what is essential and exciting in evolutionary biology. It covers the whole field and emphasizes what the important concepts are. Care has been taken to express complex and stimulating ideas in simple language, while the frequent examples and running summaries make reading fun. Each chapter follows logically from the next, so that the book can be read straight through, one chapter per sitting.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198549687
• ISBN13: 9780198549680
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.6" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Should be read in conjunction with lectures available free on iTunes.

I bought this book after listening to about half of Mr. Stearns' 36 lectures on evolution which are available free through iTunes U as one of the Open Yale courses. My hope is that some of the illustrations that Mr. Stearns is using in his lectures (which a listener cannot see), will be in the textbook. If you, like me, are not a biologist, you might want to dip your toe in the water by listening to the lectures before tackling the book. I am very impressed with both.