Steve Jones Libri

Le idee di Charles Darwin continuano a influenzare in profondità il pensiero sociale, filosofico e religioso, oltre che scientifico.Qui cinque studiosi di spicco rispondono alle domande più interessanti dell’attuale dibattito evolutivo:Perché il pensiero di Darwin è diventato tanto significativo in ogni angolo del pianeta?Come mai nell’ambiente gli individui interagiscono, oltre che con la competizione, anche collaborando tra loro?I progressi della società umana odierna sembrano essere in prevalenza culturali: Homo sapiens si sta ancora evolvendo?La scoperta del DNA ha dato forza e potenza al pensiero evolutivo: l’analisi genetica può spiegare che cosa ci differenzia dagli altri primati?Nuovi meccanismi ereditari stanno emergendo dagli studi post-genomici: come cambierà il darwinismo?

A senior Army Air Corps pilot's memoir of flying combat helicopters in action - and notably the Apache, the most advanced and capable aircraft of its type in the world.

Ray might be about to die. But he's sure as hell not going quietly ... Former policeman Ray 'Sugar' Leonard is no stranger to bad breaks. But even Walter White never had to open up and share his feelings with a bunch of misfits like Ray's chemotherapy group- a giant God-bothering Welsh bouncer, a sharp-suited wannabe Wolf of Wall Street, and a misanthropic, potty-mouthed little old lady. Compared to that lot, getting mugged on his way home from the clinic was almost a relief. But Ray is not your average victim. And when his training kicks in and his would-be attacker winds up dead, he wonders, who else might be equally deserving of such summary justice? After all, he's got cancer, what's he got to lose? Then Ray lets slip his new philosophy to the group and it soon becomes clear that he's not the only one with murder in mind ...

In his new book, Steve Jones takes on the challenge of going back to the book of the millennium, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species, and updating it with the latest scientific findings. Before Darwin's pivotal book, biology was a set of unconnected facts. Darwin made it into a science, linked by the theory of evolution, the grammar of the living world. Evolution reveals ties between cancer and the genetics of fish, between brewing beer and inheriting disease, between the sex lives of crocodiles and the politics of Brazil. Darwin used the biology of the nineteenth century to prove his case. Now, that science has been revolutionized and his case can be reargued using the twentieth century's astonishing advances. Filled with anecdotes, humour and the latest research, "Darwin's Ghost is a popular account of the science that makes life make sense.

An examination of the New Rugby. "Endless winter" is the story of a packed season of glories and failures which began with the return of the Springboks and ended with the British Lions' tour of New Zealand.

Fine Paperback Desa 1989. 87 pages, illustrated in b&w. "Wicked London is a grisly, earthy, sometimes humorous and often bizarre account of London'd criminal and social history." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Evolution is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to Charles Darwin's pioneering and revolutionary theory of how all life changes through natural selection. Written by broadcaster, prize-winning author and geneticist Professor Steve Jones, it explores the extraordinary diversity of life on our planet through the complex interactions of one very simple theory. You'll discover the common origins of dogs and Brussels sprouts, how it is we're all mutants, where wings, ears and tails came from, why sex is good for you, how some dinosaurs evolved and survived, and why human evolution may finally have stopped. Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture. Other books currently available in the Ladybird Expert series include: · Climate Change · Quantum Mechanics For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.

This work is about human origins. It draws on all the latest knowledge from anthropology and archaeology, via genetics and evolution, to psychology and medicine. It tackles issues such as hereditary genes in criminal behaviour and homosexuality.