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NATURAL SCIENCES
Evolution’s Chimera
Bats and the marvel of evolutionary adaptation
D Jacobs
In Greek mythology, the chimera was a hybrid monster made up of the parts of different animals. Bats look like they have the body of a mouse, the face of a gargoyle or fox, and the wings of a pterosaur, giving rise to this book’s title. Evolution’s Chimera describes the extraordinary physical and behavioural adaptations of bats, using them to illustrate the processes of natural evolution. Bats comprise a quarter of all mammals in the world and are the only mammals that can fly. They occupy every landmass and almost every habitat on Earth, except for the Antarctic, and make up the second-most diverse group of mammals on the planet, numbering more than 1 270 species. They have also been in existence for about 53 million years. They are therefore ideal for the study of how evolution generates the diversity that is the most outstanding characteristic of life. This book provides a review of the latest research into evolution and biology, indicates what research still needs to be done and introduces new hypotheses for testing.
PHILOSOPHY
Equal Society, The
Essays on equality in theory and practice
Editor: G Hull
Social equality emerged as an approach in philosophy in the late 1990s, and is now a topic in most undergraduate courses in political philosophy. Its idea is that justice is not only a matter of distributing goods or welfare equally, but rather a matter of achieving a society in which individuals are on equal terms. The essays in The Equal Society aim to move the concept of social equality forward by exploring its connections with other areas of philosophy, such as the critical philosophy of race, and recognition theory. It examines how historical philosophy — Platonic, Kantian and African approaches to equality — can inform current thought. And it depicts how the social equality approach can be applied to equality in higher education, egalitarian social relations in the organisation of corporations, and the gendered division of labour. There has not yet been an essay collection dedicated specifically to social equality. The essays in this book are specifically written for this volume, by internationally renowned, leading scholars.
2016
276 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 212 7
Web pdf: 978 1 48512 231 9 World rights available R343.00 / $31.00 / £21.50 BISAC: SCI027000, SCI070030 BIC: PSAJ, PSVW7
2016
348 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 218 9 Southern African rights only R457.00
BISAC: PHI019000, PHI034000 BIC: HPS