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Evolution: Making Sense of Life

by Zimmer, C.; Emlen, D.J.

Publisher : Roberts & Co
Illustrations : col + b/w photos, text figs

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Description:

2nd edition. Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have produced a thoroughly revised new edition of their widely praised textbook. Emlen has infused this book with the technical rigour 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. Evolution: Making Sense of Life 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, Evolution: Making Sense of Life 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.