Picture 1 of 6

Stock photo

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 1 of 6

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 2 of 6

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 3 of 6

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 4 of 6

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 5 of 6

The Evolution of Complexity by John Tyler Bonner 1988 First Edition Hardcover - Picture 6 of 6

Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection by John Tyler Bonner (1988, Hardcover)

wilhol-761225 (86)

100% positive feedback

Price:

C $169.97

ApproximatelyPHP 6,765.14

+ $77.52 shipping

Estimated delivery Fri, 23 May - Thu, 29 May

Returns:

No returns, but backed by .

Condition:

Very Good

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691084939

ISBN-139780691084930

eBay Product ID (ePID)1290923

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameEvolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution

Publication Year1988

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorJohn Tyler Bonner

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight20.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN87-038490

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal575

SynopsisJohn Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a bacterium, given many millions of years, could have evolved into an elephant?" The author argues that we can understand this progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role of life cycles--in evolutionary change. In a lively writing style that will be familiar to readers of his work The Evolution of Culture in Animals (Princeton, 1980), Bonner addresses a general audience interested in biology, as well as specialists in all areas of evolutionary biology. What is novel in the approach used here is the comparison of complexity inside the organism (especially cell differentiation) with the complexity outside (that is, within an ecological community). Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior.

LC Classification NumberQH371.B65 1988