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Plan and Purpose in Nature : The Limits of Darwinian Evolution

Part of the Science Masters S. series
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In Plan and Purpose in Nature George C. Williams examines Darwinian evolution in the natural world. He tells the story not only of adaptations which natural selection produces through nature, but also the limitations of evolution for modern human beings, and how the rapid evolution of micro-organisms is likely to pose an alarming threat to human health.

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Phoenix Press
075380042X / 9780753800423
Paperback
576.8
01/09/1997
United Kingdom
English
x, 258p. : ill.
20 cm
general /undergraduate Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996.
Part of the Science Masters series - bringing together some of the world's finest scientists to explore and explain the key ideas in contemporary science. George C. Williams is one of the most respected evolutionary biologists in the world today He has been chosen as Eminent Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America 'Anyone with even a casual interest in evolution can enjoy and profit by Williams' book' Nature 'Eyes are for seeing and ears are for hearing, but what is life for? Does it serve any purpose or did it spring quite by chance from the primeval soup?' Sunday Telegraph
Part of the Science Masters series - bringing together some of the world's finest scientists to explore and explain the key ideas in contemporary science. George C. Williams is one of the most respected evolutionary biologists in the world today He has been chosen as Eminent Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America 'Anyone with even a casual interest in evolution can enjoy and profit by Williams' book' Nature 'Eyes are for seeing and ears are for hearing, but what is life for? Does it serve any purpose or did it spring quite by chance from the primeval soup?' Sunday Telegraph PD Science: general issues, PSAJ Evolution