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Evolution : Making Sense of Life by Carl Zimmer and Douglas J. Emlen (2015, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFreeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-101936221551
ISBN-139781936221554
eBay Product ID (ePID)219883790
Product Key Features
Number of Pages756 Pages
Publication NameEvolution : Making Sense of Life
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaScience
AuthorCarl Zimmer, Douglas J. Emlen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight54.7 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2015-014646
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"I think my students will be genuinely more at ease with their reading assignments and more able to assimilate and retain information from this text. The authors use their expert narrative skills to focus on the big conceptual ideas, which is what matters most in my students' long-term education." Bronwyn H. Bleakley, Stonehill College, "Zimmer is the master of taking current primary literature and making it come alive." Mathew J. Miller, Villanova University, " Exciting is a word not often used to describe a new textbook. But by using powerful examples, beautiful images, and finely wrought prose, Zimmer and Emlen have produced a book that not only conveys the explanatory power of evolution, but is also permeated with the joy of doing science. Their text can only be described as an exciting moment for our field: it is an important accomplishment for our students and for evolutionary biology at large." Neil Shubin, University of Chicago, "I think my students will be genuinely more at ease with their reading assignments and more able to assimilate and retain information from this text. The authors use their expert narrative skills to focus on the big conceptual ideas, which is what matters most in my students' long-term education." Bronwyn H. Bleakley, Stonehill College, "Zimmer is the master of taking current primary literature and making it come alive." Mathew J. Miller, Villanova University , " Exciting is a word not often used to describe a new textbook. But by using powerful examples, beautiful images, and finely wrought prose, Zimmer and Emlen have produced a book that not only conveys the explanatory power of evolution, but is also permeated with the joy of doing science. Their text can only be described as an exciting moment for our field: it is an important accomplishment for our students and for evolutionary biology at large." Neil Shubin, University of Chicago, ""Exciting" is a word not often used to describe a new textbook. But by using powerful examples, beautiful images, and finely wrought prose, Zimmer and Emlen have produced a book that not only conveys the explanatory power of evolution, but is also permeated with the joy of doing science. Their text can only be described as an exciting moment for our field: it is an important accomplishment for our students and for evolutionary biology at large." Neil Shubin, University of Chicago
Grade FromCollege Sophomore
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal576.8/2
Grade ToCollege Senior
Table Of Content1. The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution 2. From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas 3. What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life 4. The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past 5. Raw Material: Heritable Variation among Individuals 6. The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection 7. Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes 8. Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild 9. The History in Our Genes 10. Adaptation: From Genes to Traits 11. Sex: Causes and Consequences 12. After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care 13. The Origin of Species 14. Macroevolution: The Long Run 15. Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other 16. Minds and Microbes: The Evolution of Behavior 17. Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape 18. Evolutionary Medicine
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisScience writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today's biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life. Students will learn the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory, such as natural selection, genetic drift, phylogeny, and coevolution. The book also drives home the relevance of evolution for disciplines ranging from conservation biology to medicine. With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life., Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused "Evolution: Making Sense of Life" with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today's biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life. Students will learn the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory, such as natural selection, genetic drift, phylogeny, and coevolution. The book also drives home the relevance of evolution for disciplines ranging from conservation biology to medicine. With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life., Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today's biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life. Students will learn the fundamental concepts of evolutionary theory, such as natural selection, genetic drift, phylogeny, and coevolution. The book also drives home the relevance of evolution for disciplines ranging from conservation biology to medicine. With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.
LC Classification NumberQH366.2.Z526 2015
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- Jan 31, 2024
Good quality for price
Very good quality for an expensive textbook going for $7. The cover is a little "well used" but I expected worse for $7. All of the pages are intact and no marks.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 24, 2019
Beautiful book!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
