How Science Works: Evolution A Student Primer /

• Main Author: Ellis, R. John. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Evolution (Biology).; Animal genetics.; Science (General).; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Human Genetics.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Popular Science, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3183-9

Evolution is just a theory, isnt it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Dont scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements. Preface: The Importance of Science. Introduction: The Aim of This Book
• Part I: Two Ways of Explaining the World
• Part II: How Science Works
• Part III: Darwin`s Theory of Evolution
• Part IV: The Evidence for Evolution
• Part V: The Evolution of Eyes
• Concluding Remarks. Definitions. Suggestions for Discussion Topics.