The Meaning of Evolution: A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man, Revised Edition by George Gaylord SimpsonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I purchased this used book at Kew & Willow.
It was definitely interesting to read this book from the 1940s. After the atomic bomb but before the elucidation of the structure of DNA, this book gave me some perspective on what was known and being discussed at that time.
The subtitle of the book A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man is not on the cover, so I didn't realize that a great deal of the book would be dedicated to the implications evolution has on human ethics and politics. I feel like relating evolution to these concepts is misguided, and I didn't enjoy reading the many chapters spent on a connection that I don't see.
But the first part of the book that summarizes the understanding of evolution at the time was enjoyable. I was especially excited that George Gaylord Simpson intended this as a book for the layperson.
I really don't understand the figure on the right side of the cover.
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