Intended for students with little or no training in science.
`A classic small book about a big subject: clear, simple and up-to-date.'Steve Jones
Propositions; species; variation within the species; heredity; genetics and variation; mutation; natural selection theory; selection in action; neutral evolution and the molecular clock; gene families and gene evolution; the origin of the species; speciation in the Galapagos Islands; the hierarchy of life; proof and disproof; science and politics; the origin and early evolution of life; evolution and humanity; who's who.