In the light of evolution essays from the laboratory and field
In the Light of Evolution is a collection of essays by leading scientists, and includes essays by science writer Carl Zimmer, historian Janet Browne, and a foreword by journalist David Quammen. As Quammen says in his foreword, the book collects "reports from the field, plainspoken descriptions...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Greenwood Village, Colo.
Roberts and Co.
c2011, 2011
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Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | In the Light of Evolution is a collection of essays by leading scientists, and includes essays by science writer Carl Zimmer, historian Janet Browne, and a foreword by journalist David Quammen. As Quammen says in his foreword, the book collects "reports from the field, plainspoken descriptions of lifetime obsessions, hard-earned bits of wisdom, and works in progress, pried loose from some of the most interesting, eminent researchers in evolutionary biology..." It is a book "for readers who are fascinated by evolutionary biology and who desire to understand better the day-by-day, species-by-species, ecosystem-by-ecosystem texture of its practice as a scientific profession." The book is intended for anyone with an interest in evolution, and it can be used in a wide variety of courses, including major's and non-major's introductory biology and evolution classes. - Publisher |
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Physical Description: | xi, 330 p. ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps 26 cm |
ISBN: | 9780981519494 0981519490 |