Evolution's Workshop (Record no. 17040)
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| LC control number | 00065159 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780465038114 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 49552011 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH366.2 |
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| Classification number | 576.8098665 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Edward J. Larson |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Evolution's Workshop |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Basic Books |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 336 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | More than any other place on Earth, the Galp̀agos Islands are the workshop of evolution. Isolated and desolate, they were largely overlooked by early explorers until Charles Darwin arrived there in the 1830's. It was Darwin who recognized that Galp̀agos' isolation and desolation were advantages: the paucity of species and lack of outside influences made the workings of natural selection crystal clear. Since then, every important advance and controversy in evolutionary thinking has had its reflection on the Galp̀agos. In every sense-intellectually, institutionally, and culturally-the history of science on these islands is a history of the way evolutionary science was done for the past 150 years.Evolution's Workshop tells the story of Darwin's explorations there; the fabulous Gilded Age expeditions, run from rich men's gigantic yachts, that featured rough-and-ready science during the day and black-tie dinners every night; the struggle for control of research on the Galp̀agos; the current efforts by "creation scientists" to use the Galp̀agos to undercut evolutionary teaching; and many other compelling stories. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Philosophy |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Life Sciences |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 12/18/2023 | 576.8 LARS | 69345 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |