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Jonathan Miller · El Ateneo, 1998
Progress in genetics today would not have been possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who undermined belief in God's creation was remarkably timid. He spent most of his life in seclusion, a semi-invalid riddled with doubts, fearing the controversy his theories might unleash. In this book, the author unravels Darwin's life and contribution to biology and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories required.
In this way, he provides a clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-Darwinian biology to modern genetics and the crucial discovery of chromosomes.
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Divulgación · En inglés
Charles Darwin
Tantor Media, 2006
On December 27, 1831, the young naturalist Charles Darwin left Plymouth Harbor aboard the HMS Beagle. For the next five years, he conducted research on plants and animals from around the globe, amassing a body of evidence that would culminate in one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mankind-the theory of…
Universitario · En inglés
Charles Darwin
New York University Press, 1990
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. New…
Divulgación
Richard Dawkins
Gedisa Editorial, 2005
«¿Qué libro escribiría un capellán del diablo sobre el trabajo torpe, derrochador, primitivo y horriblemente cruel de la naturaleza?», se preguntaba Darwin en 1856. Conocer de cerca los procesos naturales y las conductas de seres vivos puede ponernos la piel de gallina o dejarnos maravillados. ¿Dónde ubicar nuestra…
Divulgación
Mario Livio
Ariel, 2013
We all make mistakes. Nobody's perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough. Charles Darwin, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Linus Pauling, Fred Hoyle, and Albert Einstein were all brilliant scientists. Each made…
Divulgación · En inglés
Nick Lane
Norton, 2010
Draws on cutting-edge scientific findings to chronicle the history of biological life, exploring a wide range of clues from gene sequences to the atomic structures of proteins to identify 10 key evolutionary developments that enabled consciousness, the creation of DNA and other building blocks. Reprint. A Scientific…
Divulgación
Richard C. Lewontin
Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 2002
¿Está determinada nuestra naturaleza --como individuos, como especie-- por nuestra evolución y codificada en nuestros genes? Si analizamos las secuencias de proteínas de nuestro ADN, ¿podremos curar cualquier aflicción fisiológica y psicológica e incluso resolver los problemas sociales más importantes? Hoy en día, los…
