Explaining Life through Evolution explores the science of evolution and its relevance to our everyday lives, covering topics such as mutation, race, sex, gender, sexuality, ancestry tests, and the evolution of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. It provides a contemporary update to classic popular evolution books and is essential for scientific literacy in facing the challenges of our collective future.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2023
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd

A broad overview of the science of evolution, and why understanding it matters in our everyday lives, is presented in Explaining Life through Evolution. Prosanta Chakrabarty provides a concise, accessible, and engaging explanation of evolution, emphasizing its importance in contemporary life. He weaves his own lived experience into discussions of Darwin and the origins of evolutionary thought, covering key concepts such as mutation, race, sex, gender, sexuality, ancestry tests, and the evolution of viruses like SARS-CoV-2. This book offers a contemporary update to classic popular evolution books by Stephen Jay Gould, Jerry Coyne, and others, making it an illuminating read and an essential guide to the scientific literacy needed to face the challenges of our collective future.

A Broad Overview of the Science of Evolution and Why Understanding It Matters in Our Everyday Lives

Explaining Life through Evolution tells the origin story of life on this planet and how we arrived at the tremendous diversity among organisms that we see around us today. Prosanta Chakrabarty explains evolution in a concise, accessible, and engaging way, emphasizing the importance of understanding evolution in everyday contemporary life. Weaving his own lived experience among discussions of Darwin and the origins of evolutionary thought, Chakrabarty also covers key concepts to our understanding of our current condition, including mutation; the spectrum of race, sex, gender, and sexuality; the limitations of ancestry tests; and the evolution of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the virus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Broad Overview of the Science of Evolution and Why Understanding It Matters in Our Everyday Lives

Explaining Life through Evolution offers a contemporary update to classic popular evolution books by Stephen Jay Gould, Jerry Coyne, and others. It is not only an illuminating read, but also an essential guide to the kind of scientific literacy that we need in order to face the challenges of our collective future.

Weight: 278g
Dimension: 134 x 204 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780262546256