Everyday Evolution: Unveiling Life's Hidden Patterns
暫譯: 日常進化:揭示生命的隱藏模式

Trubenová, Barbora, Hudáková, Kristína, Sachdeva, Himani

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2026-05-15
  • 售價: $5,000
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$4,750
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 328
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303207049X
  • ISBN-13: 9783032070494
  • 相關分類: 理工類
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This book explores the essential concepts of evolutionary biology in an interesting and accessible way. Readers will learn about the mechanisms of evolution and how they shape the world around us, while marvelling at the ingenious adaptations that arise for survival and reproduction over time and across different environments.

The book begins by outlining the fundamental principles of evolution, using relatable examples from everyday life. This approach helps readers build a solid foundation before delving into more complex topics, such as the evolution of sexual dimorphism, biodiversity and social behaviours, along with their implications for society.

Written by early-career scientists and educators, the book conveys their enthusiasm using contemporary language and often incorporates examples from their own research to clarify key concepts. Complex topics are presented in a clear way, ensuring scientific accuracy without unnecessary oversimplification. Each chapter includes extensive educational resources, such as questions and hands-on projects, to enhance the understanding of important concepts.

This book is aimed at advanced biology students in high school or the early years of university, their teachers, students training to become biology teachers, and the general public interested in a deeper understanding of natural phenomena.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書以有趣且易於理解的方式探討進化生物學的基本概念。讀者將學習進化的機制以及這些機制如何塑造我們周圍的世界,同時驚嘆於隨著時間推移和不同環境中出現的巧妙適應,這些適應是為了生存和繁殖而產生的。

本書首先概述進化的基本原則,並使用日常生活中的相關例子來說明。這種方法幫助讀者在深入探討更複雜的主題之前,建立堅實的基礎,例如性別二型性、物種多樣性和社會行為,以及這些主題對社會的影響。

本書由早期職業科學家和教育工作者撰寫,傳達了他們的熱情,使用當代語言,並經常引用他們自己研究中的例子來澄清關鍵概念。複雜的主題以清晰的方式呈現,確保科學準確性而不過度簡化。每一章都包含豐富的教育資源,例如問題和實作專案,以增強對重要概念的理解。

本書的目標讀者為高中或大學早期的高級生物學生、他們的教師、正在培訓成為生物教師的學生,以及對自然現象有更深入理解興趣的一般公眾。

作者簡介

Barbora Trubenová

Barbora Trubenová is a theoretical evolutionary biologist specialising in population and quantitative genetics who, as an assistant professor, leads a research group at ETH Zürich, funded by a Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grant. Her group's primary focus is modelling the evolution of drug resistance in pathogens by integrating theoretical frameworks with empirical data. After completing her PhD on the evolution of social behaviours at the University of Manchester, she held postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), working on evolutionary computation, and at ETH Zürich, where she began her research on drug resistance. A strong advocate for interdisciplinary science, she consistently collaborates with empirical biologists and is incorporating machine learning into her research. Beyond academia, she is actively involved in science education and co-founded the non-governmental organisation eduB to engage high school students with contemporary biology.

Kristína Hudáková


Kristína Hudáková is a biology educator who leads the development of educational activities for eduB, the civil association she co-founded to transform biology education in Slovakia. A former scientist with a PhD in Zoology, her work centres on creating innovative, experience-based natural science education. She connects high school students with contemporary science and scientists to help them understand biology as a dynamic science with practical significance. She actively collaborates with scientific institutions to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and classroom learning.

Himani Sachdeva

Himani Sachdeva is a theoretical geneticist at the University of Vienna. She uses mathematical models to study long-term evolutionary outcomes such as adaptation, speciation, and extinction in natural populations. After a doctorate in physics from TIFR Mumbai, she switched to theoretical evolutionary genetics for her postdoctoral work at IST Austria. She currently works in the Mathematics and Biosciences Group at the University of Vienna. She has a keen interest in understanding how collaboration and communication can work between disciplines, as well as between science and society.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

巴博拉·特魯本諾娃

巴博拉·特魯本諾娃是一位理論進化生物學家,專注於族群和量化遺傳學,作為助理教授,她在蘇黎世聯邦理工學院(ETH Zürich)領導一個研究小組,該小組獲得了瑞士國家科學基金會的啟動資助。她的研究小組主要專注於通過整合理論框架與實證數據來建模病原體的藥物抗性演化。在曼徹斯特大學完成社會行為演化的博士學位後,她在奧地利科學與技術研究所(ISTA)擔任博士後,研究進化計算,並在ETH Zürich開始了她的藥物抗性研究。作為跨學科科學的強烈倡導者,她持續與實證生物學家合作,並將機器學習納入她的研究。除了學術界,她還積極參與科學教育,並共同創立了非政府組織eduB,以吸引高中生參與當代生物學。

克里斯蒂娜·胡達科娃

克里斯蒂娜·胡達科娃是一位生物學教育工作者,負責eduB的教育活動開發,這是一個她共同創立的公民協會,旨在改變斯洛伐克的生物學教育。她曾是一名科學家,擁有動物學博士學位,工作重點是創造創新且基於經驗的自然科學教育。她將高中生與當代科學和科學家聯繫起來,幫助他們理解生物學作為一門具有實際意義的動態科學。她積極與科學機構合作,縮短前沿研究與課堂學習之間的差距。

希瑪尼·薩赫德瓦

希瑪尼·薩赫德瓦是維也納大學的理論遺傳學家。她使用數學模型研究自然族群中的長期進化結果,如適應、物種形成和滅絕。在孟買的TIFR獲得物理學博士學位後,她轉向理論進化遺傳學,並在ISTA進行博士後研究。她目前在維也納大學的數學與生物科學小組工作。她對理解學科之間以及科學與社會之間的合作與交流如何運作有濃厚的興趣。