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Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life

8 reviews
Martin A. Nowak

Belknap Press, 2006

Excellent and Approachable Survey
This book is an accessible introduction to the mathematics of evolution and results in the field of evolutionary dynamics with a heavy emphasis on applications including the immune system, virulence, AIDS, and even the evolution of language. Many of the ideas are from fairly recent papers and results in mathematical biology, particularly the sections regarding the evolution of universal grammar ...

Human Evolutionary Genetics: Origins, Peoples and Disease

3 reviews
Mark A. Jobling, Mathew Hurles, ...

Garland Science, 2003

Essential reading
Clearly laid out like one of the classic undergraduate textbooks (e.g. Genes VII, Albers et al.), this is the only up-to-date introduction in the field. The authors make great efforts to link advances in genetics to other fields (e.g. linguistics, anthropology), as well as to organise chapters around key issues such as the spread of agriculture, offering space to key authors in these associated ...

Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Building on the success of their groundbreaking anthology Evolutionary Medicine (OUP, 1999), Wenda R. Trevathan, E. O. Smith, and James J. McKenna provide an up-to-date and thought-provoking introduction to the field with this new collection of essays. Ideal for courses in evolutionary medicine, medical anthropology, and the evolution of human disease, Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives presents twenty-three original articles ...

Evolutionary Analysis

15 reviews
Scott Freeman, Jon C. Herron

Benjamin Cummings, 2007

Evolutionary Analysis
The book was in perfect condition and it was shipped on time. Overall good purchase.

Evolutionary Witchcraft

34 reviews
T. Thorn Coyle

Tarcher, 2005

A spiritual guide to magic
Evolutionary Witchcraft T. Thorn Coyle Penguin books 302 pages I found this book to be very intriguing because it provides a mystical perspective to magic and this perspective is based off a western system of magic as opposed to an Eastern system. It does have some parallels with Eastern mysticism, but is also more practical oriented. While I didn't agree with all of Coyle's points, I did ...

Motivation and Emotion: Evolutionary, Physiological, Developmental, and Social Perspectives
Denys DeCatanzaro

Prentice Hall, 1998

This unique book provides a comprehensive study of emotion within a modern evolutionary perspective. Motivation and emotion are presented within an integrated approach that assumes biological and psychological causes, including evolution, neuroscience, endocrinology, human development, and culture. Motivation and Emotion Presents a wealth of modern evidence integrating neuroscience and endocrinology into the study of motivation ...

Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind

15 reviews
David Buss

Allyn & Bacon, 2007

Good Intro
This was the first book I read dealing with Evolutionary Psychology. I read it after college and law school so the textbook format was actually perfect for what I was looking for. It begins with a rudimentary and straight forward explanation of evolution by natural selection. From there it gets into the details of evolutionary psychology. It is a very solid introduction to the field in my ...

Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach

2 reviews
Jr., Joseph Stewart, David M. Hedge, ...

Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

Beneficial to Any Policy Analysis Understanding
Public Policy: An Evolutionary Approach provides straight-forward history on the evolution of undesrtanding of public policies to the evolution of approaches and models. I do not detect any bias in the material in the first two segments of the book. I did not spend sufficient time with part three describing the analytical approaches outlined to the case studies to weigh any idealogical bias. ...

Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History

4 reviews
Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford

Columbia University Press, 2008

A long-awaited work; a great read for both research and leisure
This book encompasses everything that inspired me to pursue paleontological research...the meticulous manner in which the authors document the evolutionary history of dogs, and the unparalleled illustrations that bring those concepts and species to life. The paleontologists who wrote this book are authorities in their fields, and are much respected for the quality of their work. The price tag for ...

Evolutionary Psychology (2nd Edition)

2 reviews
Steven J. C. Gaulin, Donald H. McBurney

Prentice Hall, 2003

the clearest book about Evolutionary Psychology
This is the clearest, smartest introduction to the field of evolutionary psychology that exists. Gaulin succinctly, clearly, and brilliantly provides an overview to the whole field. Buy it, read it, live it!

Evolutionary Thought in Psychology: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Psychology)

2 reviews
Henry Plotkin

Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Pithy acount of how psychology dealt with evolutionary theory
This is an amazingly compact summary of how psychology has alternately embraced and ignored developments in evolutionary theory over the past two centuries. The compactness is largely due to the superb writing, which often effortlessly compresses three points into a single short sentence. So good is the writing that when I tried to isolate extracts to illustrate this they started running into one ...

Microbial Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach
J Vaun McArthur

Academic Press, 2006

Based on the thesis that insights into both evolution and ecology can be obtained through the study of microorganismsm, Microbial Ecology examines microbiology through the lens of evolutionary ecology. Measured from a microbial perspective, this text covers such topics as optimal foraging, genome, reduction, novel evolutionary mechanisms, bacterial speciation, and r and K selection. Numerous aspects of microbial existence are also discussed ...

Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology, 3rd Edition (Bradford Books)

1 review

The MIT Press, 2006

a classic
This book is both an excellent introduction and thorough treatment of many of the thorniest philosophical and methodological issues in evolutionary biology. It is a must read for anyone who is serious about grappling with the deeper meaning of the study of evolution (i.e. deeper than the relatively simple concern of evolution versus creation).

Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, Eighth Edition

14 reviews
John Alcock

Sinauer Associates, 2005

Great book
The reviewer that only gave this book 2 stars is dead wrong, in my opinion. It's sectioned off by topic, then it goes in depth with actual field studies and examples to explain why a particular animal behaviour is what it is, and usually from an ultimate and proximate viewpoint. Very easy to read and follow, lots of pictures and graphs, which helped keep my brain stimulated. I will be keeping ...

Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)

3 reviews
Robin Dunbar

Oneworld Publications, 2005

Exactly what the title says.
I am a psychologist, but I did not have any dedicated evolutionary psychology education within my university training. I bought this book to make up for my own lack of knowledge and to give me a starting point from which to understand evolutionary psychology. And, it did the job I hoped for. Having said this, I think it does assume some psychology knowledge, although not a great deal. This book ...

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

51 reviews
Stephen Jay Gould

Belknap Press, 2002

Gould's last work sets the standard for the 21st century
Anything and everything by Gould is worth reading. He was aware that he was dying as he finished this book, and it bears the marks of an attempt to cram a lifetime of study and thought into one work. One feels that had he lived longer, the book would have been shorter. The extensive coverage of nearly forgotten figures who represent many examples of one type of opinion is not really necessary to ...

The Nature of Diversity: An Evolutionary Voyage of Discovery
Daniel R. Brooks, Deborah A. McLennan

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

All living things on earth—from individual species to entire ecosystems—have evolved through time, and evolution is the acknowledged framework of modern biology. Yet many areas of biology have moved from a focus on evolution to much narrower perspectives. Daniel R. Brooks and Deborah A. McLennan argue that it is impossible to comprehend the nature of life on earth unless evolution—the history of organisms—is restored to ...

Introducing Evolutionary Psychology, 2nd Edition

12 reviews
Dylan Evans

Totem Books, 2006

Great macro introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
This book changed my life. This book discusses information using real life scenerios which can be demonstrated in everyday life. It really spooked the "voodoo" (that which I could not explain) right out of me. And I'm a more temperate, more understanding person than I ever was before. Again, this book covers details from a "macro perspective", that is it goes over the general details and ...

Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development (Net Objectives Product ...

6 reviews
Scott L. Bain

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

A Gold Mine of Wisdom
This book is a gold mine of wisdom. This book contains a ton of wisdom that has come out of the software engineering field over the years. It brings together a lot of software development best practices that can be found in other resources and puts them together under the umbrella of Emergent Design. He covers patterns, principles, processes, and practices by presenting the best of each ...

Evolutionary Faith: Rediscovering God in Our Great Story

4 reviews
Diarmuid O Murchu

Orbis Books, 2002

The best blend of science and theology I've ever read
I had long ago left the Christian faith because of its incongruity with science, the environment and the cosmos. O'Murchu has clarified in writing what I have instinctively, intuitively felt for decades but could not express as eloquently as he. Quantum Theology has resurrected what I thought was my spiritually dead self. It is difficult reading, but well worth the effort. I find myself looking ...

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