The Sixth Extinction: The History of Evolutionary Theory
As we read in The Sixth Extinction, just as species evolve, scientific and evolutionary theories also change over time.
See the infographics below for a visual explanation of the process of evolutionary thought, and read more on the subject through books and ebooks available at the Library.
This interactive infographic, from Understanding Evolution, a collaborative project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education, shows how our understanding of evolution has been influenced by four disciplinary areas: Earth's history, life's history, mechanisms of evolution, and development and genetics. Explore the full timeline here.
Evolution: A Progression of Scientific Thought (infographic)
This colorful infographic offers another view of the progression of evolutionary theories. "Evolution: a progression of scientific thought" is byTania Jenkins and Miriam Quick, designed by Stefanie Posavec. Download the full version here (PDF), or in French, Spanish and German here.
An analysis of the history of science. Its publication was a landmark event in the sociology of knowledge, and popularized the terms paradigm and paradigm shift.