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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Tyler BonnerPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780691157016ISBN 10: 0691157014 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 24 March 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews[I]ncredibly useful ... refreshingly honest ... witty and engaging. --Tiffany Taylor, Times Higher Education """[I]ncredibly useful ... refreshingly honest ... witty and engaging.""--Tiffany Taylor, Times Higher Education ""[F]orthright, informal, and humorous. His reminder that not every trait has a biologically adaptive function is a welcome lesson, as is his self-deprecating description of his ideas as just another 'just-so' story... [A] call to the biologists who take over from him to do more research to confirm or to refute the often surprising ideas here.""--Rob Hardy, Commercial Dispatch ""[Bonner] provides a well-written, well-documented collection of evidence suggesting randomness as a primary engine behind natural selection... This is an excellent essay, valuable to a wide audience. Evolution is an important, timely topic, making Bonner's work a worthy contribution.""--Choice" Author InformationJohn Tyler Bonner is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. His books include The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds and Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales (both Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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