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Once we all had gills [[electronic resource] ] : growing up evolutionist in an evolving world / / Rudolf A. Raff



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Autore: Raff Rudolf A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Once we all had gills [[electronic resource] ] : growing up evolutionist in an evolving world / / Rudolf A. Raff Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
Disciplina: 570.92
B
Soggetto topico: Biologists
Evolution (Biology)
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1 Becoming a Naturalist; 1 Space-Time; 2 Layers of the Past; 3 An Age of Dinosaurs; 4 A School a Minute; 5 In the Natural World; 6 Transformations; 7 Going South; 8 Learning to Love the Bomb; 9 On the Road to Chiapas; 10 The Masked Messenger; Part 2 Finding Evolution, Founding Evo-Devo; 11 Evolution as Science; 12 Dining with Darwin; 13 Life with Sea Urchins; 14 Embryos Evolving; 15 Evolution in the Tasman Sea; 16 An Alternate Present; 17 Biology Meets Fossils; Part 3 Strange New World; 18 Darwin's Day in Court; 19 Creationist Makeovers
20 Evolution MattersSelected Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ranging from energy and conservation to stem-cell research and climate change, Raff argues that when the public is confused or ill-informed, these issues tend to be decided on religious, economic, and
Titolo autorizzato: Once we all had gills  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-77259-X
9786613683366
0-253-00717-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462374103321
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