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Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria
Niles Eldredge
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Description for Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria
Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 18000.
Scientists have recently begun to question one of the pillars of modern thought--Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly evolution occurs; but if it is a slow, continuous process by which one species gradually modifies itself into a new one, as Darwin believed, why are there so many missing links in the fossil records? Two eminent scientists, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, startled the world by challenging Darwin's cherished beliefs proposing instead that once a species has evolved it rarely undergoes change, and that the evolution of new species occurs only periodically, in relatively rapid spurts. In Time Frames Niles ... Read more
Scientists have recently begun to question one of the pillars of modern thought--Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly evolution occurs; but if it is a slow, continuous process by which one species gradually modifies itself into a new one, as Darwin believed, why are there so many missing links in the fossil records? Two eminent scientists, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, startled the world by challenging Darwin's cherished beliefs proposing instead that once a species has evolved it rarely undergoes change, and that the evolution of new species occurs only periodically, in relatively rapid spurts. In Time Frames Niles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
17999 g
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691635033
SKU
V9780691635033
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Reviews for Time Frames: The Evolution of Punctuated Equilibria
Niles Eldredge knows how to make science exciting... The theory of punctuated equilibria ... is made very accessible to a general reader.
The New York Times Book Review One of the most intriguing scientific detective stories of recent years.
The Washington Post Book World
The New York Times Book Review One of the most intriguing scientific detective stories of recent years.
The Washington Post Book World