I had great success using two books: 1) David Quammen's book The
Reluctant Mr. Darwin; and 2) Jerry Coyne's Why Evolution is True.
Although Quammen’s book is succinct, it provides a wonderfully
explicit portrait of Darwin’s life from 1837 until his death in 1882.
Coyne’s book is replete with empirical evidence for evolution from a
broad range of perspectives and, in my opinion, is very well suited
persons without specialized knowledge of the biological sciences.
Dale D. Edwards, PhD
Department of Biology
University of Evansville
Evansville, IN 47722
Ph: 812.488.2645
On May 10, 2010, at 9:01 AM, jbowen wrote:
Hi All:
In the fall I am going to be teaching an Evolutionary Biology course
for
students in the social sciences and humanities. No prior coursework
in the
natural sciences is required. I am curious if the list might have
recommendations for a textbook that is appropriate for this audience.
Thanks in advance for your input.
