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In 1859 Charles Darwin established the First Evolutionary Synthesis. This was the first synthesis because Darwin was the first scientist to construct a synthesis of all biological knowledge of his time on the basis of the concept of evolution. In the 20th century (1930s) the incorporation of the Mendelian and population genetics created the Evolutionary Synthesis or Neo-Darwinism, which in fact is the Second Evolutionary Synthesis. Now, in the 21st century the ingredients of the Third Evolutionary Synthesis are gradually becoming visible ... (continue reading here)       Gert Korthof, The Netherlands   (update: 26 Oct 2009)
12 Feb 2009: 200 years ago Charles Darwin was born 30 Sep 2009  new review Peter Ward (2009) 'The Medea Hypothesis. Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self- Destructive?' The review. 14 Mar 2009  new review Harman, Dietrich (2008) 'Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology' The review. 16 Jul 2008  new review: John Odling-Smee, Kevin Laland, Marcus Feldman (2003) Niche Construction. The neglected proces in evolution. Category: Extensions. 29 May 2008  new review: David Sedley (2008) Creationism and its critics in Antiquity. The forerunners of Darwin and Intelligent Design. Category: History. 26 Apr 2008 new review Charles Darwin (1871,1981) 'Descent of Man'. Review discussing origins of morality and the question: Was Darwin an eugeneticist? The review. 1 Dec 2007 new review David Beerling (2007) 'The Emerald Planet. How Plants changed Earth's history'. The Plant Kingdom: a neglected subject. The review

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A u t h o r [sort by author] pdf B o o k   t i t l e the books are ordered by category and within categories by date of publication in descending order Review first published Updated [sort by update] Textbooks evolutionary biology:   (more titles) 2009 2008 2007 2007 2005 2005 2004 1996 N. Barton et al (2007) - Evolution (first edition) 29 Sep 07 28 Dec 08 M. Strickberger (2000) - Evolution. (Third Edition)  7 Feb 00  7 Jan 05 Orthodox (Neo-)Darwinism   (more titles) Charles Darwin Books by Charles Darwin  1 Oct 06 3 May 08 Charles Darwin The Descent of Man  26 Apr 08 - Richard Dawkins Books by and about Richard Dawkins 12 Apr 06 29 Sep 09 Ernst Mayr Books by Ernst Mayr 10 Apr 06 12 Apr 06 Mark Ridley (2000) Mendel's Demon; Evolution (1996) 24 Aug 01  3 Feb 02 John Maynard Smith The Problems of Biology (1986) Did Darwin Get It Right? (1992) The Theory of Evolution (1997) Shaping Life. Genes, Embryos and Evolution (1998) The Origins of Life (1999) 24 Jan 99 29 Jul 08 Daniel Dennett (1995) Darwin's Dangerous Idea.  5 Aug 98 5 Aug 98 Extensions & alternative evolutionary theories   (more titles) Peter Ward (2009) The Medea Hypothesis. Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? 30 Sep 09 - Harman et al (2008) Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology 14 Mar 09 - J. Odling-Smee (2003) Niche construction. The neglected process in evolution 16 Jul 08 - David Beerling (2007) The Emerald Planet - How Plants changed Earth's history 1 Dec 07 - Tim Friend (2007) The Third Domain - The untold story of Archaea 16 Oct 07 - Kirschner et al (2005) The Plausibility of Life - Resolving Darwin's dilemma 10 Oct 05  2 Mar 06 Jablonka, Lamb (2005) Evolution in Four Dimensions 24 Apr 05 - Lynn Margulis (2002) Acquiring Genomes. A theory of the origins of species  5 Jun 05 12 Apr 06 Elisabeth Lloyd (2005) The Case of Female Orgasm - Bias in the Science of Evolution  5 Jun 05 22 Aug 05 Louis Berman (2003) The Puzzle. Exploring the Evolutionary Puzzle of male homosexuality 23 Dec 03  8 Jun 04 Andrew Parker (2003) In the Blink of an Eye  1 Jun 03 22 Jun 03 Stephen J Gould (2002) The Structure of Evolutionary Theory 28 May 04 26 Oct 06 James Lovelock (2000) The Ages of Gaia. A Biography of our Living Earth  3 Oct 04 - Gabriel Dover (2000) Dear Mr Darwin. Letters on the Evolution of Life and Human Nature  1 Jan 01 24 Mar 01 Bruce Bagemihl (1999) Biological Exuberance. Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity 21 Sep 03 24 Apr 04 Henry Gee (1999) In Search of Deep Time 13 Jun 00  8 Dec 00 Fred Hoyle (1999) Mathematics of Evolution.   "A memorable misunderstanding" 10 Oct 99  3 Dec 04 Edward Steele (1998) Lamarck's Signature 21 Feb 99 8 Aug 08 Stuart Kauffman (1995) At Home in the Universe 20 Oct 98  6 Aug 00 Brian Goodwin (1995) How the Leopard Changed Its Spots  1 Jan 98 11 Mar 01 Niles Eldredge (1995) Reinventing Darwin 8 Feb 98  8 Aug 98 Hubert Yockey (1992) Information theory and molecular biology 24 Aug 98  6 Jul 06 Motoo Kimura (1986) The neutral theory of molecular evolution 01 Jan 99 26 Jul 09 evo-devo   (more titles) Wallace Arthur (2000) The Origin of Animal Body Plans. A study in Evolutionary Developmental Biology 13 Jan 02  3 Mar 02 Non-religious Anti-Darwinism, Anti-Evolution   (more titles) Gert Korthof Independent origin and the facts of life (a general overview) 5 May 03 21 Sep 09 Christian Schwabe (2001) The Genomic Potential Hypothesis 24 Mar 02 9 Jul 06 P. Senapathy (1994) Independent Birth of Organisms 29 Dec 02 2 Nov 09 Lima-de-Faria (1988) Evolution without selection 31 May 97 16 Jan 01 Michael Denton (1986) Evolution: a theory in crisis 26 Oct 97 29 Jul 05 Creationism / Intelligent Design / Fine Tuning / Theistic Evolution   (more titles) Michael Behe (2007) The Edge of Evolution. The Search for the Limits of Darwinism 22 Jul 07 26 Aug 07 William Dembski (1999) Intelligent Design 24 Jan 00 8 Jul 09 Lee Spetner (1998) Not By Chance! Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution Spetner's reply [ ]  My reply [ ] 31 Dec 98 31 Aug 00  4 Jul 03 23 May 01 Michael Behe (1996) Darwin's Black Box 26 Apr 97 25 Jan 07 Jon Buell (1994) Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? 6 Apr 97 30 Jun 99 Mark A. Ludwig (1993) Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution   |   reply by Mark Ludwig   2 Feb 06 26 Oct 09 Phillip Johnson (1993) Darwin on trial   |   Johnson's comments   |   postscripts 6 Jul 97 27 Apr 01 Walter Remine (1993) The Biotic Message. Evolution versus Message Theory 13 Jun 99 23 Sep 01 David Foster (1993) The Philosophical Scientists 12 Sep 97 20 Mar 09 Fred Hoyle (1983) The Intelligent Universe 6 Dec 99 5 Mar 06 Fine tuning   (more titles) Michael Denton (1998) Nature's Destiny. How The Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose In The Universe 16 Jun 98 23 May 00 Dean Overman (1997) A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization 11 Sep 00 30 Apr 01 Richard Swinburne 1997 Is there a God? 4 Jun 98 24 Oct 07 Barrow & Tipler (1994) The Anthropic Cosmological Principle 4 Jun 98 27 Jan 01 Theistic Evolution   (more titles) Joan Roughgarden (2006) Evolution and Christian Faith. Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist 17 may 07   Francis Collins (2006) The Language of God. A scientist presents evidence for belief 23 Aug 06 31 Mar 09 Origin of Life   (more titles) Tibor Gánti (2003) The Principles of Life 29 Dec 03 19 Sep 07 Clive Trotman (2004) The Feathered Onion - Creation of Life in the Universe 21 Nov 04  3 Jul 06 History of Darwinism and Creationism   (more titles) David Sedley (2007)   Creationism and its critics in Antiquity 29 May 08 11 Aug 08 Michael Ruse (2005) The Evolution-Creation Struggle  3 Jul 05 - John Waller (2003) Fabulous Science. Fact and Fiction in the history of scientific discovery 24 Aug 03 15 Oct 05 Donald Forsdyke (2001) The Origin of Species Revisited 27 Dec 01 16 Sep 04 Betty Smocovitis (1996) Unifying Biology. The Evolutionary Synthesis and Evolutionary Biology  8 Jun 01  3 Aug 01 Søren Løvtrup (1987) Darwinism: The Refutation of a Myth 26 Mar 98  1 Jan 02 W.J. Dempster (1996) Natural Selection and Patrick Matthew  4 Sep 97 14 Feb 07 bibliographies James L. Hayward 1998 The Creation/Evolution Controversy. An Annotated Bibliography  1 Feb 99 8 Feb 99 Tom McIver (1992) Anti-Evolution. A Reader's Guide to Writings before and after Darwin 12 Mar 00 7 Oct 05 Anti-Creationism   (more titles) Young & Edis (2004) Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism [chapter] 7 Aug 04 18 Feb 09 Gert Korthof (2006) Common Descent: It's All or Nothing 3 Oct 06   3 Jul 08 Robert Pennock (1999) Tower of Babel 2 May 99 13 May 01 Douglas Futuyma (1995) Science on Trial - The Case for Evolution 22 Jan 98 12 Aug 98 Michael Ruse (1988) But is it science? The philosophical question 21 Jan 98 21 Oct 09 Michael Ruse(1982) Darwinism defended 19 Jan 98 25 Aug 98 Philip Kitcher (1982) Abusing Science. The Case Against Creationism 22 Jan 98 24 Aug 98 Suggested books   visitors of this site Books suggested by visitors of this site 15 Dec 01 21 May 09

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