Product details
ISBN
9780099439820
Published
2003-02-06
Publisher
Cornerstone
Weight
352 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
31 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Author
Biographical note
A former senior editor at Discover magazine, Carl Zimmer is Stephen Jay Gould's successor on the US magazine Natural History. He is the author of two previous books and lives in New York.Zimmer takes us on a comprehensive tour of the history and implications of evolution that is hard to fault... Admirable.
Guardian
Written with crystal clarity, Zimmer uses a broad brush to sweep us through the length and breadth of evolution... We are enthusiastically brought up-to-date.... a stunning and accessible book
Tim Birkhead in the BBC Wildlife Magazine
Carl Zimmer tells the story of the theory of evolution from Darwin's journey on the Beagle to the controversies of modern evolutionary theory, the understanding of the lethal resurgence of antibiotic resistant diseases and the wave of species extinctions that face us today. The result is a wonderfully accessible account of a remarkable scientific journey, from the emergence to the triumph of an idea.
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Carl Zimmer tells the story of the theory of evolution from Darwin's journey on the Beagle to the controversies of modern evolutionary theory, the understanding of the lethal resurgence of antibiotic resistant diseases and the wave of species extinctions that face us today.
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A magnificent and dazzling introduction to the science of evolution and its history from Darwin to the present.
Product details
ISBN
9780099439820
Published
2003-02-06
Publisher
Cornerstone
Weight
352 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
31 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Author