Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? Wiki

Sign Up | Log In

Write a Review
Post a Quick Tip
Create a List
Ask a Question
Create a Poll
Create a Community

Movies •Books •Music •Food •Tv Shows •Technology •Politics •Video Games •Parenting •Fashion •Green Living •more >

Extinction: Bad Genes or Ba... > Wiki

current version
edit wiki
revision history

Wiki

Raup takes up a cocktail-party science topic--Why do entire branches of life "suddenly" (in geologic time) disappear?--and gives it weight and validity. Despite the catchy title, Raup's presentation is plenty rigorous, drawing in just enough geology, anthropology, biostatistics and yes, even the Alvarez meteor/earth cataclysm, to send readers looking for additional reading on current evolutionary theory. Fans of Stephen Jay Gould will find a similarly fluent and friendly lecture style here. University of Chicago professor Raup is coauthor of several standard graduate-level texts on paleontology and evolution. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

edit this info

Details

Select a category and then fill in some basic details that someone might want to know about this topic.

What's your opinion on Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck??

rate

1 rating: +3.0

Post a Quick Tip
Write a Review
Ask a Question

Ask a question about 'Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?'

You have exceeded the maximum length.

More Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad L... reviews

review by cpw1952. November 12, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

An enjoyable overview of the new science of "extinction".

Non-fiction titles generally lend themselves to summaries a little bit more easily than non-fiction and I'd be hard pressed to beat the information the publishers have provided on the back cover. In "Extinction: Bad Luck or Bad Genes", David M Raup has provided a layman's overview and discussion of the theories, assumptions and difficulties associated with the new, emerging science of the study of species extinction. A relatively lightweight, easy-going read (as science titles … more

Comment Compliments (12)

see all Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad L... reviews (1)

Photos