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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (22 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192854542
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192854544
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.4 x 0.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the importance of Darwin's work for the development of modern biology.

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Jonathan Howard was Head of the Department of Immunology at the Babraham Institute, near Cambridge, and is now Professor of Cell Genetics at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany. He is a fellow of the Royal Society.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly useful text if studying A103 with the OU, 15 Aug 2001
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A very digestible read and a good example of how useful this series of Oxford paperbacks is.

This is a book that you can spin through in a day and draw on, if like me, you are studying the Introduction to the Humanities course with the Open University. Until I read this I would have told anyone that I had no interest in evolution and natural selection or the History of Science but this book actually makes the subject interesting!

I have since read a number of other books in the series and can recommend those on Paine and Hume.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Darwin - A Very Short Introduction, 23 Aug 2010
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Very disappointing. To begin with the cover: the title is totally misleading as the book has very little to do with Darwin. It is a book about Darwinism. Anyone looking for an insight into the man himself will be disappointed.
Leaving that aside, and assuming the book is titled Darwinism, the actual science is delivered in an extremely dry manner with illustrations that are, in the main, superfluous, and give one the feeling they were put in without thought just to provide 'illustrations'. For an extrememly interesting subject the book is deadly dull.
What a lost opportunity.
There are any number of better books around and I would recommend giving this one a miss.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction, 15 May 2003
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There is something about Darwin and his theories that defy attempts at synopsis. This book addresses that issue and gives the intelligent reader a good grounding in this persistently controversial area. All the VSI books I have read have been very well put together. Recommended.
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