At the Water's Edge: Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life

Carl Zimmer

ISBN 10: 0684834901 / ISBN 13: 9780684834900

Verlag: The Free Press, New York, 1998

Beschreibung

8vo pp 290.the author brings evolutionary biology to life more vividly in this book that any other author in present memory .

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 310889

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: At the Water's Edge: Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life
• Verlag: The Free Press, New York
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0684834901
• ISBN-13: 9780684834900
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
• Buchtyp: book
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Science

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Inhaltsangabe

Evolution is one of the most hotly debated areas of popular science. Zimmer's account of cutting-edge scientific research and fieldwork helps to illuminate this particular chapter in the history of ideas.

Reseña del editor

At the Water's Edge delves into evolution's most dramatic transitions -- the journey of animal life from water to land, and the return of some land creatures to the sea. In a story that encompasses four billion years, Carl Zimmer describes the changes -- in bodies, minds, and living habits -- that occurred as descendants of fish evolved to become a dynasty of animals ranging from dinosaurs and snakes to elephants and human beings. He then tells the mirror tale of how wolf-like mammals took to the sea and became today's whales and dolphins.With first-person accounts by scientists in the forefront of these macroevolutionary studies, and detailed drawings of fossils, this entertaining, accessible book demonstrates how newly discovered ecological, developmental, and behavioral evidence is shedding new light on the patterns and processes of nature. Like The Song of the Dodo and The Beak of the Finch, At the Water's Edge presents fascinating and authoritative answers to age-old questions.