Darwin's ghost
Subtitle: The origin of species updated
By: Steve Jones.
Contributors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882; Natural selection; Evolution (Biology)
Work titles: Almost like a whale
Description: "Charles Darwin's masterpiece, The Origin of Species, is probably the best-known, least-read book. Unquestionably one of the most important achievements of the millennium, the book caused a sensation when it was published in 1859, because it forced mankind to see itself as part of the animal world - a notion that hundreds of millions still deny.

Writing as "Darwin's ghost," the well-known geneticist Steve Jones has drawn on our ever-expanding scientific knowledge and the brilliant logic set out in The Origin to restate evolution's case for the twenty-first century." "Using contemporary examples - the AIDS virus, the rules of the American Kennel Club, the sheep who never forget a face and the garbage that floats in the Pacific - he shows the power and immediacy of Darwin's great argument."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published under title: Almost like a whale : The origin of species updated. London : Doubleday, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: Variation under domestication; title: Variation under nature; title: Struggle for existence; title: Natural selection; title: Laws of variation; title: Difficulties on theory; title: Instinct; title: Hybridism; title: On the imperfection of the geological record; title: On the geological succession of organic beings; title: Geographical distribution; title: Geographical distribution (continued); title: Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology, embryology, rudimentary organs; title: Interlude: almost like a whale?; title: Recapitulation and conclusion.