Survey of Evolutionary Theory Text

I like the organization of the book Evolution by Matt Ridley (not his textbook, it's a book
he edited). What he did was to divide up the evolution into several topics and
then compile journal articles related to the section, and write an introduction providing
a broad outline of the topic and sort of why he selected each article (what perspective
it represented or how it advanced knowledge, what new ground it covered). I rather
like the book for two reasons. First it provides a neat survey of concepts in evolutionary
theory. Second it really demonstrates the nature of science as an ongoing dialogue &
it provides exposure to some primary literature.

I came to the book with prior background in biology, so I don't know whether the book
may be a bit rough going for someone who doesn't have a background. Second I am
not a biologist. Third this particular book may be a bit dated. I would be interested in
the thoughts of the professional biologists of this book, and also the various evolutionary
biology survey textbooks out there. The one I have at home is Futuyama.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Keith Miller
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:31 PM
  Subject: Re: Survey of Evolutionary Theory Text

    I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a current college-level text that could serve as a primer on the current state of evolutionary theory? Thanks.

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