Mayr, Ernst,  1904-2005. <br/><br/>
What evolution is / 
Ernst Mayr. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  c2001. 
 - xv, 318 p. :  ill., maps ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index. 
<br/><br/>In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology. 
<br/><br/> A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465044255 (alk. paper) 0465044263 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780465044252 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001036562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evolution (Biology)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH366.2  / .M3933 2001