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Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology, edited by R.Dawkins and M.Ridley. Oxford University Press; Volume 1, pp. 222; Volume 2, pp. 243; 1984, 1985. NZ$100 (approx.) each.
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This annual series gets off to a shaky start. Three of the articles promised in the pre‐publication leaflet miss Volume 1, and there is no editorial or introduction whatever. Despite the distinguished editors, two of eight papers have the wrong titles on the contents page; figure lay‐out is poor, ( e.g. p. 44); the six figures on p. 53 have one unbroken caption running for 20 lines on two pages, and are referred to in the text in reverse order; the index is inadequate, e.g. “Natural selection, 52” (it is mentioned elsewhere); and I found six spelling errors. For a slim volume priced at NZ$l00, someone should be ashamed.
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- Authors
- Flux, J. E. C.
- Venue
- Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1986-09
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 299-300
- ISSN
- 0303-6758 (ISSN-L)
- 1175-8899
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- W2079542219
- Cited by
- 680
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- book review
- Language
- en
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