What is evolution

Author: (USA) Mayr
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: This book is one of the "Science Masters Series" published by Brockman Inc. in the USA, organized by renowned scientists worldwide to reflect the cutting-edge scientific issues at the turn of the century. The book has been simultaneously launched in more than 20 countries and regions, with over 20 translations available. Over the past two centuries, evolution has been the most influential and profound idea. This book is written by Ernst Mayr, a distinguished elder in the field of evolutionary biology, hailed as the "greatest living evolutionary biologist in the world" and the "Darwin of the 20th century," as a foundational read on evolution. In this book, all important evolutionary phenomena are presented as questions and explained. The book is divided into four parts, with the first three parts discussing the theme of evolution in three sections: the evidence for evolution, the theory of evolution, and the mechanisms of evolution.