The Meaning of Evolution and of its Significance for Man
by Simpson, George Gaylord
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About This Item
Hardcover. Good. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1949, first edition; 8vo, 140 x 210mm, 38 figures in the text; grey linen boards, no dustwrapper present; small, neat tear at the head of the spine but otherwise in good condition; pp xv, 364, [i]. ... ... ... ... ... ... The book is based on the 25th series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Foundation established by the late Dwight H Terry through his gift of an endowment fund for the delivery and subsequent publication of "Lectures on Religion in the Light of Science and Philosophy". Simpson was considered perhaps the most influential US palaeontologist of the 20th century and a major contributorto the so-called "Modern Synthesis".
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- Chesil Books (GB)
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- Title
- The Meaning of Evolution and of its Significance for Man
- Author
- Simpson, George Gaylord
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Weight
- 1.21 lbs
- Keywords
- palaeontology; modern synthesis; Charles Darwin; Gregor Mendel; evolution; heredity Genetics, Evolution, Genetics & Genomics
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