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This is a collection of period building details designed to assist people working on buildings constructed in the first half of this century. It features highlights from the first four editions of Architectural Graphic Standards (published between 1932 and 1951). Included are more than 2600 details, including material on brick paving, old stock sizes of steel and lumber, architectural terra cotta, and plumbing fixtures.

Humans, however much we would care to think otherwise, do not represent the fated pinnacle of ape evolution. The diversity of life, from single-celled organisms to multicellular animals and plants, is the result of a long, complex, and highly chancy history. But how profoundly has chance shaped life on earth? And what, precisely, do we mean by chance? Bringing together biologists, philosophers of science, and historians of science, Chance in Evolution is the first book to untangle the far-reaching effects of chance, contingency, and randomness on the evolution of life.

The book...