In addition to evolutionary medicine, his books include evolution. Find 9781605352602 evolutionary medicine by stephen stearns et al at over 30 bookstores. About evolution, medicine, and public health oxford. Intended for use in undergraduate, graduate, and medical school courses, this text makes content readily accessible with professional illustrations and. He came to yale in 2000 from the university of basel, switzerland, where he had been professor of zoology since 1983 and held several administrative posts. The field of evolutionary medicine by no means lacks good book length studiesstarting with randolph nesses and george c. Stearns and ruslan medzhitov, evolutionary medicine, evolution, medicine.
Its professional illustrations and summaries of chapters and sections make its messages readily accessible. Stearns, 9780199255634, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Bass professor of ecology and evolutionary biology professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Buy evolution 2 by stearns, stephen, hoekstra, rolf isbn. Stephen stearns evolutionary medicine, his books include evolution. Modern medical research and practice have focused on the molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying health and disease, while evolutionary medicine focuses on the question of why evolution has shaped these. Bass professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at yale university. Stearns, the edward p bass professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at yale university. For biomedical scientists, medical students, and students of evolution, it is a valuable introduction to an important emerging field.
Stearns medzhitov textbook evolutionary medicine is. He was educated at yale, the university of wisconsin, and the university of british columbia. The first thing that you ask may be what kinds of publication that you should read. Professor stearns specializes in life history evolution, which links the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology, in evolutionary medicine, and in evolutionary functional genomics. A lot of people in the lifestyle world want to use the label of evolutionary medicine to describe things that are loosegoosey, says stephen stearns, an evolutionary biologist at yale. Ellison d a department of ecology and evolutionary biology, yale university, new haven, ct 06520. Evolution and medicine 2015 with stephen stearns youtube. Stearns, rusian medzhitov and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Isbn 9781605352602 evolutionary medicine direct textbook.
Stearns and ruslan medzhitov, evolutionary medicine. Principles of evolution, ecology and behavior open yale. Stearns, stephen c medzhitov, ruslan published by sinauer associates is an imprint of oxford university press isbn 10. This book introduces what is essential and exciting in evolutionary biolog. Isbn 9781605352602 evolutionary medicine is a textbook intended for use in undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and continuing medical education cme courses.
Life history evolution, evolutionary medicine, and evolutionary genetics and develop innovations in teaching that serve learning. Evolutionary perspectives on health and medicine pnas. The authors draw upon decades of experience teaching medical students at yale, with interesting examples, including experimental observations in. Stearns specializes in life history evolution, which links the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology, and in evolutionary medicine.
If you want to test look for book, may be the e book untitled evolutionary medicine can be very good book to read. The history and variation of human genes chapter 2. He was a miller fellow at the university of california, berkeley prior to his first academic appointment at reed. Stephen does research in ecology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary medicine, and genetics.
Founded by stephen stearns in 20, evolution, medicine, and public health is an open access journal that publishes original, rigorous applications of evolutionary science to issues in medicine and public health. Evolutionary medicine is a textbook intended for use in undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and continuing medical education cme courses. Williams now classic why we get sick or the more recent evolution in health and disease, edited by stephen c. Watching, from the edge of extinction coauthored with his wife, beverly peterson stearns. Introducing evolutionary thinking for medicine, by stephen c. Yale university box 208106 yale university new haven, ct 065208106 usa phone.
The book closes with a chapter that recapsulates major issues, discusses unsolved problems, and looks ahead to future developments in this dynamic field. Stearns is an american biologist, and the edward p. Evolutionary medicine or darwinian medicine is the application of modern evolutionary theory to understanding health and disease. Ruslan medzhitov stearns and medzhitov offer a textbook on evolutionary aspects of medicine, some of which provide immediate answers to help relieve suffering, and others of which can clarify understanding about. Buy evolution in health and disease 2 by stearns, stephen c. The authors draw upon decades of experience teaching medical students at yale, with interesting examples, including experimental observations in other species. Stephen c stearns currently works at the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, yale university. Evolution and medicine 2015 with stephen stearns play all evolutionary medicine sinauer associates 2015 is the textbook that supports these lectures. Part four examines key events in evolution throughout the geological record. Koellabut none was written with medical students, who will know something about human. The evolution of sex and its consequences birkhaeuser 1987 isbn 9783034862738.
Stearns is the edward p bass professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at yale university. It also examines key events in evolution throughout the geological record and discusses coevolution and evolutionary medicine. Part five discusses coevolution and evolutionary medicine, which integrate and contrast micro and macroevolution. This book is aimed at both students and professionals in medicine and public health. Lastly, the book delves into how a mismatch of the modern environment from our evolutionarily ancestral environment explains many diseases of the industrial world such as diabetes, allergies, autoimmunity, and obesity. Evolutionary medicine is intended for undergraduate, graduate, or medical school courses. Stearns and medzhitov provide a valuable, authoritative resource for students encountering evolutionary medicine for the first time. This book is a gem of a textbook about the principles of evolutionary thinking and. Evolutionary perspectives on health and medicine stephen c. Evolutionary medicine by stearns, stephen c medzhitov, ruslan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It discusses the evolution of patients and diseases, defenses and. The second edition of evolution introduces the basic mechanisms of microevolution, natural selection, and macroevolutionary processes such as speciation and extinction. Evolutionary medicine 1e editie is een boek van stephen c.
He is known for his work in life history theory and evolutionary medicine. It aims to connect evolutionary biology with the health sciences to produce insights that may reduce suffering and save lives. This book has its clinical readership in mind by devoting much attention to specific medical problems, such as cystic fibrosis, aging, cancer, infectious disease, and malaria, and to how medical insight into these diseases can be aided by the application of evolutionary concepts. This is the first integrated and comprehensive textbook to explain the principles of evolutionary biology from a medical perspective and to focus on how medicine and public health might utilize. Evolutionary medicine stearns lab stephen stearns yale.
This book is a gem of a textbook about the principles of evolutionary thinking and the relevance of evolutionary biology to clinical medicine. Instead, it consists of the intersections where evolutionary insights. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Chapter 1 introduces evolutionary thinking about both current dynamic processes and the deep patterns of history and relationship. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Wallace professor of immunobiology at yale university school of medicine and an investigator with the howard hughes medical institute. Evolutionary medicine is not a new specialty or method of practice or critique of medicine. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Stearns born december 12, 1946, in kapaau, hawaii and raised in hawi, hawaii is an american biologist, and the edward p. Evolutionary medicine sinauer associates 2015 is the textbook that supports these lectures. It draws from fields as diverse as anthropology to molecular biology in order to illustrate the vast landscape of an organism in all its complexity. Evolution in health and disease edition 2 by stephen c. Bass professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and specializes in life history evolution and evolutionary medicine.
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