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Old 08-27-2011, 07:34 AM   #7
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Oxford have put out an interesting series of books on various scientific, academic, and philosophical subjects. One such is Evolution: a Very short Introduction by Brian and Deborah Charlesworth, paperback, illustrated {Oxford, 2003, ISBN 0-19-280251-8}. It is 145 pages long. Here is the chapter list:

1. Introduction
2. The Process of Evolution
3. The evidence for evolution: similarities and differences between organisms
4. The evidence for evolution: patterns in time and space
5. Adaptation and natural selection
6. The formation and divergence of species
7. Some difficult problems
8. Afterword
Further reading
Index

This series is highly recommendable in general.
As to the authors of this book:
Brian Charlesworth is a Royal Society Research Professor and Deborah Charlesworth is a Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Of this book Richard Dawkins said:

"If you want a summary of what is known to be true about evolution today, and how we know it, you will find none more agreeably succinct than this vigorous little book."

The price is $9.95 in the US but you might get it cheaper yet on its own through ABE or included as part of a set with other works in the series.

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