The Princeton Guide to Evolution

This volume follows the successful The Princeton Guide to Ecology (Levin, 2009). The book sits between a textbook and an encyclopedia. Like an encyclopedia, it is multi-authored and each chapter stands alone, but like a textbook, the chapters follow each other providing more detail or addressing specific issues. It can be read from cover to cover (although I admit I have not done so). The 107 chapters are mainly by US academics but there are a reasonable number from other parts of the world. The book is aimed at a wide audience. Some of the chapters address issues...