Böcker av Adrian (University of Exeter) Currie

Analyses 'comparative thinking'. This involves situating living systems into models of various evolutionary processes, comparing them with ancestral relatives and with analogous evolutionary outcomes. The importance of comparative thinking is demonstrated via examination of comparative psychology and macroevolution.

Scientific Knowledge and the Deep Past: History Matters is an accessible tour of the philosophy of the historical sciences. Examining how dinosaurs grew and the emergence of flowering plants in the mid-Cretaceous, it analyses the relationship between knowledge and the past, explaining why narratives play a prominent role in history.