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Evolution and Extinction Rate Controls
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 181.00Evolution and Extinction Rate Controls more...
Modeling Extinction
Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 26.99Preface. 1. Extinction in the Fossil Record. 2. Fitness Landscape Model. 3. Self-Organized Critical Models. 4. Interspecies Connection Models. 5. Environmental Stress Models. 6. Non-equilibrium Models. 7. Summary. References. Index more...
Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 20.00Renowned geologist Tony Hallam takes us on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years. - ;This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological... more...
The History of Life
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 9.99This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct and accessible guide to the key episodes in the story of life on earth - from the very origins of life four million years ago to the extraordinary diversity of species around the globe today. - ;There are few stories more remarkable than the evolution of life on earth. This Very Short Introduction presents... more...
Morphogenesis and Evolution
Oxford University Press, USA 1988; US$ 141.991. Introduction. 2. Theory, Reduction, and Hierarchy. 3. Development: Pattern and Process. 4. Early Pattern Formation. 5. Example: Early Pattern Formation in Amphibia. 6. Later Pattern Formation: Morphogenesis. 7. Some General Properties of Morphogenetic Systems. 8. Patterns of Evolution. 9. Morphogenesis and Evolution more...
The Origin Of Species
Penguin Group US 2003; US$ 6.95The classic that exploded into public controversy, revolutionized the course of science, and continues to transform our views of the world. more...
On the Origin of Species
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 3.99Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species , compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues for the transmutation of species over time by the process of natural selection. His work laid the foundation of evolutionary biology, though when it was published it caused... more...
Systematics and the Fossil Record
Wiley 2009; US$ 115.00This new text sets out to establish the key role played by systematics in deciphering patterns of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of the species in the fossil record and then outlines recent advances in the methodology used to establish phylogenetics relationships, stressing why fossil evidence can be crucial.... more...
The Greatest Show on Earth
Free Press 2009; US$ 16.99Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene . Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his latest New York Times... more...
Encyclopedia of Evolution
Infobase Publishing 2006; US$ 102.00Evolutionary science is not only one of the greatest breakthroughs of modern science, but also one of the most controversial. Perhaps more than any other scientific area, evolutionary science has caused us all to question what we are, where we came from, and how we relate to the rest of the universe. Encyclopedia of Evolution contains more than 200... more...









