Mendel's Demon Mark Ridley

Name: Mendel's Demon By Mark Ridley
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Summary

The existence of complex life is one of the great mysteries of evolution, for complexity is neither inevitable nor necessary. This book shows how two major biological hurdles had to be overcome to allow living complexity to evolve - gene copying errors and natural selection.

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Mendel's Demon by Mark Ridley

About Mark Ridley

Mark Ridley is in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. He was formerly assistant professor of anthropology and biology at Emory University, Georgia, USA. He has also been a research fellow at St Catherine's College, Cambridge, and at Linacre, Oriel and New Colleges, Oxford. He is the author of the acclaimed student textbook Evolution and is a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Sunday Times, Nature, New Scientist and The TLS, among other publications. Mendel's Demon is his long-awaited trade debut.

Additional information

Sku

GOR008419703

ISBN 13

9780297646341

ISBN 10

0297646346

Title

Mendel's Demon by Mark Ridley

Author

Mark Ridley

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

2000-08-24

Number of pages

348

Prizes

Short-listed for Aventis Prizes for Science Books: General Prize 2001

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins