Mutant moths and feuding scientists--this is the real story behind the most famous experiment in 20th-century evolutionary biology. A story of hubris and heartbreak, "Of Moths and Men" reveals as much about the internecine battles of science as it does about the mysteries of evolution. of photos.
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Mutant moths and feuding scientists--this is the real story behind the most famous experiment in 20th-century evolutionary biology. A story of hubris and heartbreak, "Of Moths and Men" reveals as much about the internecine battles of science as it does about the mysteries of evolution. of photos.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine beige and brown pictorial dj. Giftable. The Untold Story of Science and the Peppered Moth. An account of the life and work of British physician & amateur lepidopterist H.B.D. Kettleman, who set out to prove that moths evolved to a darker color in response to the effects of pollution, and in so doing became "the hero of natural selection" for his proof of "industrial melanism. " 377 pp. including index.
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. 0393051218. Fine condition except for missing dust jacket. The untold story of science and the peppered moth.; 377 pages.