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Evolution

Evolution

Making Sense of Life

by Carl Zimmer and Douglas Emlen
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/08/2019

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Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve 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 through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students.


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 evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.



ISBN:
9781319079864
9781319079864
Category:
Biology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-08-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
3rd Edition
Dimensions (mm):
274.32x215.9x39.37mm
Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. Since 2013 he has been a columnist at the New York Times. He is a popular speaker at universities, medical schools, museums, and festivals, and he is also a frequent on radio programs such as Radiolab and This American Life. In 2016, Zimmer won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognise individuals whose sustained efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science.

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