Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for What Evolution Is

What Evolution Is

11 Ratings

2.8

Series

1 of 10

Duration
11H 39min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man

© 2019 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781501996146

Release date

Audiobook: 8 February 2019

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Extinction: A Very Short Introduction
    Extinction: A Very Short Introduction Paul B. Wignall
  2. How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention
    How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention Daniel L. Everett
  3. Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor
    Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor Brian Keating
  4. The Origin of the Universe
    The Origin of the Universe John D. Barrow
  5. Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
    Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe Ian Stewart
  6. Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
    Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature David P. Barash
  7. Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature
    Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature Peter Atkins
  8. Ancestors in Our Genome: The New Science of Human Evolution
    Ancestors in Our Genome: The New Science of Human Evolution Eugene E. Harris
  9. Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
    Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making Chris Packham
  10. Paleontology: A Brief History of Life
    Paleontology: A Brief History of Life Ian Tattersall
  11. Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
    Forged: Writing in the Name of God--Why the Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are Bart D. Ehrman
  12. The Silurian Period: The History of the Prehistoric Era When Life Formed on Land
    The Silurian Period: The History of the Prehistoric Era When Life Formed on Land Charles River Editors
  13. Evolution: The Human Odyssey
    Evolution: The Human Odyssey Scientific American
  14. Three Laws of Nature: A Little Book on Thermodynamics
    Three Laws of Nature: A Little Book on Thermodynamics R. Stephen Berry
  15. Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color
    Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color Kai Kupferschmidt
  16. Physics: New Frontiers
    Physics: New Frontiers Scientific American
  17. A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life
    A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life Stuart A. Kauffman
  18. A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution
    A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution Pete Richerson
  19. Free Will
    Free Will Mark Balaguer
  20. The Periodic Table A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition: A Very Short Introduction
    The Periodic Table A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition: A Very Short Introduction Eric R. Scerri
  21. Reptiles: A Very Short Introduction
    Reptiles: A Very Short Introduction T.S. Kemp
  22. Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction
    Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction William Lowrie
  23. Assembling Life: How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets?
    Assembling Life: How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets? David Deamer
  24. Gravitational Waves: How Einstein's Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe
    Gravitational Waves: How Einstein's Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe Brian Clegg
  25. Mysteries of Life in the Universe
    Mysteries of Life in the Universe Scientific American
  26. Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System
    Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Ray Jayawardhana
  27. Creation: How Science is Reinventing Life Itself
    Creation: How Science is Reinventing Life Itself Adam Rutherford
  28. The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry
    The Shape of a Life: One Mathematician’s Search for the Universe’s Hidden Geometry Shing-Tung Yau
  29. The Day We Found the Universe
    The Day We Found the Universe Marcia Bartusiak
  30. In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
    In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality John Gribbin
  31. A Short History of the World
    A Short History of the World H.G. Wells
  32. Quantum Universe
    Quantum Universe Scientific American
  33. Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe
    Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe Lee Smolin
  34. Extremism
    Extremism J.M. Berger
  35. The Higgs Boson: Searching for the God Particle
    The Higgs Boson: Searching for the God Particle Scientific American
  36. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
    Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World Simon Winchester
  37. Post-Truth
    Post-Truth Lee McIntyre
  38. When Did Jesus Become God?: A Christological Debate
    When Did Jesus Become God?: A Christological Debate Bart D. Ehrman
  39. Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science
    Life: The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science John Brockman
  40. Galileo Unbound: A Path Across Life, the Universe and Everything
    Galileo Unbound: A Path Across Life, the Universe and Everything David D. Nolte
  41. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
    Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe Lisa Randall
  42. Physics for Poets
    Physics for Poets Richard T. Kouzes
  43. Seeking the Multiverse
    Seeking the Multiverse Scientific American
  44. Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction
    Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction Sean Murphy
  45. Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
    Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations Brian M. Fagan
  46. Systems Biology: A Very Short Introduction
    Systems Biology: A Very Short Introduction Eberhard O. Voit
  47. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
    T. Rex and the Crater of Doom Walter Alvarez
  48. It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything
    It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything Kate Biberdorf
  49. Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos
    Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos The Great Courses
  50. Most Improbable Journey, A - A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves
    Most Improbable Journey, A - A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves Walter Alvarez
  51. Wonders of the Cosmos
    Wonders of the Cosmos Scientific American
  52. Physics: A Very Short Introduction
    Physics: A Very Short Introduction Sidney Perkowitz
  53. Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
    Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos Priyamvada Natarajan
  54. Evolutionary Biology, Part 1: The Darwinian Revolutions: Modern Synthesis
    Evolutionary Biology, Part 1: The Darwinian Revolutions: Modern Synthesis Allen MacNeill
  55. The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters
    The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters Sean B. Carroll
  56. The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life
    The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life Marcus du Sautoy
  57. Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction
    Energy Systems: A Very Short Introduction Nick Jenkins
  58. Plague: A Very Short Introduction
    Plague: A Very Short Introduction Paul Slack
  59. Free Will Explained: How Science and Philosophy Converge to Create a Beautiful Illusion
    Free Will Explained: How Science and Philosophy Converge to Create a Beautiful Illusion Dan Barker
  60. A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction
    A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction Michael J. Ryan
  61. The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
    The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology Simon Winchester
  62. The Secret Life of Science: How It Really Works and Why It Matters
    The Secret Life of Science: How It Really Works and Why It Matters Jeremy J. Baumberg
  63. Viruses: A Very Short Introduction
    Viruses: A Very Short Introduction Dorothy H. Crawford
  64. Genomics: A Very Short Introduction
    Genomics: A Very Short Introduction John M. Archibald
  65. A People’s History of Computing in the United States
    A People’s History of Computing in the United States Joy Lisi Rankin
  66. Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing Nayan B. Ruparella
  67. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
    The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World Simon Winchester
  68. The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything
    The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything Marcus Chown
  69. The Higgs Boson and Beyond
    The Higgs Boson and Beyond Sean Carroll
  70. Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction
    Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction Katherine Blundell
  71. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
    A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters Andrew H. Knoll
  72. The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction
    The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction J.L. Heilbron
  73. Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
    Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction David C. Catling
  74. Matter: A Very Short Introduction
    Matter: A Very Short Introduction Geoff Cottrell
  75. Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction
    Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction Mark V. Lomolino
  76. The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction
    The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction William Bynum
  77. The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction
    The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction Michael J. Benton
  78. Biochemistry: A Very Short Introduction
    Biochemistry: A Very Short Introduction Mark Lorch
  79. Numbers: A Very Short Introduction
    Numbers: A Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins
  80. GPS
    GPS Paul E. Ceruzzi
  81. God's Problem
    God's Problem Bart D. Ehrman
  82. The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization
    The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization Nicholas P. Money
  83. Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
    Fractals: A Very Short Introduction Kenneth Falconer
  84. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
    Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic Simon Winchester
  85. Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse
    Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse David W. Orr
  86. Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle'
    Higgs: The Invention and Discovery of the 'God Particle' Jim Baggott
  87. Great Scientific Ideas That Changed the World
    Great Scientific Ideas That Changed the World The Great Courses
  88. Religion: In the Past, the Present Day and the Future
    Religion: In the Past, the Present Day and the Future Diarmaid MacCulloch
  89. One of Ten Billion Earths: How We Learn About Our Planet's Past and Future From Distant Exoplanets
    One of Ten Billion Earths: How We Learn About Our Planet's Past and Future From Distant Exoplanets Karel Schrijver
  90. Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
    Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers Simon Winchester
  91. Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament
    Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament Bart D. Ehrman