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Calow, Peter was born on May 23, 1947 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.
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Evolutionary Principles
(The last few years have seen a number of new books on evo...)
The last few years have seen a number of new books on evolutionary biology. However most of these are either large or specialized. This is an attempt to produce a thin, general version for undergraduate use. Thinness, of course, demands selectivity, and the aim has been to concentrate on the principles of the subject rather than on the details-principles, that is, of both theory and practice. Thinness also sometimes means that a certain level of knowledge is assumed in the readership, but I hope that this is not the case here, and my intention has certainly been to produce something that is as intelligible to the uninitiated as it is to the well-informed. As for the bibliography, I refer, where possible, to reviews rather than primary sources, so a citation should not be taken to imply any sort of precedence. In developing the theme, I have adopted a loosely historical approach, not only because I believe that this makes for more interesting reading but also because the subject, like the subject it addresses, has evolved under the critical eye of a selective process. Problems have been perceived, hypotheses have been formulated to explain them, facts have been amassed to test the hypotheses, more problems have been perceived, more hypotheses formu lated, and so on.
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- Invertebrate Biology: A Functional Approach (Courses on the invertebrates have two principal aims: (1)...)
- Evolutionary Principles (Tertiary Level Biology) (The last few years have seen a number of new books on evo...)
- Biological Machines: A Cybernetic Approach to Life (Special topics in biology series)
Peter Calow
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Bachelor of Science, University Leeds (England), 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Leeds (England), 1972. Doctor of Science, University Leeds (England), 1984.
Order of British Empire, University Leeds (England), 2000.
Career
Lecturer, U. Glasgow (Scotland), 1972-1981; reader, U. Glasgow (Scotland), 1981-1984; professor, U. Sheffield (England), since 1984; director, U. Sheffield (England), since 1991. President Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry-Europe, 1991-1992.
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Invertebrate Biology: A Functional Approach
(Courses on the invertebrates have two principal aims: (1)...)
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Evolutionary Principles
(The last few years have seen a number of new books on evo...)
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Evolutionary Principles (Tertiary Level Biology)
(The last few years have seen a number of new books on evo...)
- Evolutionary Principles
- Biological Machines: A Cybernetic Approach to Life (Special topics in biology series)
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Invertebrate Biology: A Functional Approach
Membership
Chairman British Government Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances.
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British