Evolution: The triumph of an idea
HarperCollins, New York, (2001)Abstract
Darwin wrote The Origins of Species in 1859, long before paleontologists and geologists worked out the chronology of life on Earth, long before biologists uncovered the molecules that underlie heredity and natural selection. The great irony of Darwin's work is that not until the twentieth century would scientists be able to recognize its true power. Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea takes readers to the cutting edge of evolutionary biology---from the origins of life to mass extinctions to the latest theories on diseases, sex, and psychology---and explores the far-reaching implications of Darwin's theory on our place in the world.