Evolution CD-Rom
Published on 1. January 1997
Audio
CD-Audio
978-88-6542-757-6 (ISBN)
Description
Mark Ridley's Evolution CD features all the topics covered in his best-selling textbook, Evolution, significantly enhanced by videoclips, animations, virtual experiments, colour photographs and more. Designed to be used for both browsing and self-instruction, the CD contains a mini encyclopedia, a selection of classic papers, and 23 interactive tutorials that follow the chapter headings in the book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-88-6542-757-6 (9788865427576)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Video:12 evolutionary theorists contribute their views throughout the CD; Simon Conway Morris, Cambridge; Helena Cronin, London School of Economics & Political Science; Richard Dawkins, Oxford; Daniel Dennett, Tufts; Michael Donoghue, Harvard; David Haig, Harvard; William Hamilton, Oxford; Marc Kirschner, Harvard Medical School; Richard Lewontin, Harvard; Linda Partridge, University College London; Naomi Pierce, Harvard; John Maynard Smith, Sussex2. Animaton:24 animations help to explain difficult concepts3. Virtual Experiments:Virtual experiments allow you to simulate the central processes in evolutionary biology. Stochastic experiments present different results for each simulation4. Timeline:Travel through billions of years of evolutionary history via the interactive timeline5. Classic TextsThe author has selected 20 classic papers and text extracts which shaped the field of evolutionary biology famous authors include Darwin, Fisher, Dobzhansky and Gould5. Colour Images:Full colour images capture the diversity of life at all levels