I"m not sure if this is what you are looking for for your students but I found this book (below) very informative and interesting - a combination of plate tectonics and species distribution to explain evolution. It's accessible to undergrads and grad students.
Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth by Dennis McCarthy Cheers Michael Garvin, PhD University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 17101 Point Lena Loop Road Juneau, AK 99801 907-796-5455 [email protected] On Aug 27, 2013, at 10:49 PM, Jane Shevtsov <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Mitch. The Ridley reader looks close enough to what I was looking > for that I just ordered it. (These days, it's generally possible to find > the full text of papers that pique your interest online anyway.) I'd > appreciate your list as well. > > BTW, if you haven't read the Applebaum book, it's a must-have. It's > particularly strong on connections with the humanities. > > Best, > Jane > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Mitch Cruzan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jane, >> Some years ago I ran into the same problem when I taught a "Foundations >> of Evolution" graduate-level course. I ended up choosing my own collection >> of papers and it worked pretty well - I can send you my list if you want. >> You should also have a look at Ridley's Oxford Reader on evolution, but it >> is heavily annotated like the one you describe. Be aware that some of the >> "classic" papers by Fisher, Haldane, Wright, Kimura, and others are pretty >> math-heavy and incomprehensible for many students. Depending on the level >> of students, a text that provides excerpts from classic papers and >> interpretations might be just the thing you are looking for. >> Mitch Cruzan >> >> >> >> On 8/27/2013 9:24 PM, Jane Shevtsov wrote: >> >>> Recently, while looking for some readings to use with students, I tried >>> locating a book similar to "Foundations of Ecology" for evolution. To my >>> surprise, the only things I was able to find were Appleman's Norton >>> Critical Edition of Darwin, which is excellent but omits much of >>> scientific >>> importance, and Wetherington's "Readings in the History of Evolutionary >>> Theory", which is also very good but uses highly abridged selections and a >>> much stronger editorial voice than the Foundations series. Have I missed >>> something? If not, maybe someone will be moved to produce such a book! >>> >>> >> > > > -- > ------------- > Jane Shevtsov, Ph.D. > Mathematical Biology Curriculum Writer, UCLA > co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org > > “Those who say it cannot be done should not interfere with those who are > doing it.” --attributed to Robert Heinlein, George Bernard Shaw and others
