LEADER 04373nam 2200697 450 001 9910464100003321 005 20210429194645.0 010 $a0-231-15317-1 010 $a0-231-52675-X 024 7 $a10.7312/eldr15316 035 $a(CKB)2670000000591498 035 $a(OCoLC)905917338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary11024408 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001421071 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12625100 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001421071 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11422957 035 $a(PQKB)10374195 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001133088 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1912257 035 $a(DE-B1597)458314 035 $a(OCoLC)979742371 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1912257 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11024408 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL709029 035 $a(OCoLC)902419276 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000591498 100 $a20150306h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEternal ephemera $eadaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond /$fNiles Eldredge ; cover designer, Lisa Hamm 210 1$aNew York, [New York] :$cColumbia University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-77747-0 311 0 $a0-231-15316-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION --$tI. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory --$t1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna --$t2. Darwin and the Beagle --$t3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859 --$tPart II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935- --$t4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935- --$t5. Punctuated Equilibria --$t6. Speciation and Adaptation --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAll organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species-interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"-are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinkers as they have wrestled for more than two hundred years with the eternal skein of life composed of ephemeral beings, revitalizing evolutionary science with their own, more resilient findings. Eldredge begins in France with the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who in 1801 first framed the overarching question about the emergence of new species. The Italian geologist Giambattista Brocchi followed, bringing in geology and paleontology to expand the question. In 1825, at the University of Edinburgh, Robert Grant and Robert Jameson introduced the astounding ideas formulated by Lamarck and Brocchi to a young medical student named Charles Darwin. Who can doubt that Darwin left for his voyage on the Beagle in 1831 filled with thoughts about these daring new explanations for the "transmutation" of species. Eldredge revisits Darwin's early insights into evolution in South America and his later synthesis of knowledge into a theory of the origin of species. He then considers the ideas of more recent evolutionary thinkers, such as George Gaylord Simpson, Ernst Mayr, and Theodosius Dobzhansky, as well as the young and brash Niles Eldredge and Steven Jay Gould, who set science afire with their concept of punctuated equilibria. Filled with insights into evolutionary biology and told with a rich affection for the scientific arena, this book celebrates the organic, vital relationship between scientific thinking and its subjects. 606 $aPunctuated equilibrium (Evolution) 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$xPhilosophy 606 $aEmergence (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPunctuated equilibrium (Evolution) 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEmergence (Philosophy) 676 $a576.8/2 700 $aEldredge$b Niles$035208 702 $aHamm$b Lisa 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464100003321 996 $aEternal ephemera$92466620 997 $aUNINA