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Species: The Evolution of the Idea
Contributor(s): Wilkins, John S. (Author)
ISBN: 0367657368     ISBN-13: 9780367657369
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $63.64  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Science | Life Sciences - Taxonomy
- Nature | Animals - General
Dewey: 578.012
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 389 pages
 
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Over time the complex idea of species has evolved, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work is a fresh look at an idea central to the field of biology by tracing its history from antiquity to today. Species is a benchmark exploration and clarification of a concept fundamental to the past, present, and future of the natural sciences. In this edition, a section is added on the debate over species since the time of the New Synthesis, and brings the book up to date. A section on recent philosophical debates over species has also been added. This edition is better suited non-specialists in philosophy, so that it will be of greater use for scientists wishing to understand how the notion came to be that living organisms form species.

Key Selling Features:

  • Covers the philosophical and historical development of the concept of species
  • Documents that variation was recognized by pre-Darwinian scholars
  • Includes a section on the debates since the time of the New Synthesis
  • Better suited to non-philosophers