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Evolution: Making Sense of Life 2e Paperback – Import, 13 July 2015
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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.- ISBN-101936221551
- ISBN-13978-1936221554
- Edition2
- PublisherBFW Consign Print
- Publication date13 July 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions21.59 x 2.54 x 27.94 cm
- Print length752 pages
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Carl Zimmer is one of the country's leading science writers. A columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to magazines such as Scientific American and National Geographic, he is the author of thirteen books, including The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution and A Planet of Viruses. Zimmer is a lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches science writing. He is a three-time winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Journalism Award and the winner of the National Academies Communication Award. In 2015, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
Douglas J. Emlen is a professor at the University of Montana. He is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House, multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, including their five-year CAREER award, and a Young Investigator Prize and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. He is the author of Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle and his research has been featured in outlets including the New York Times and National Public Radio's Fresh Air and Science Friday.
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- Publisher : BFW Consign Print; 2 edition (13 July 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 752 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1936221551
- ISBN-13 : 978-1936221554
- Dimensions : 21.59 x 2.54 x 27.94 cm
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About the authors
Douglas J. Emlen is a professor at the University of Montana. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the White House, multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, and a Young Investigator Prize and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. His research has been featured in outlets including the New York Times, National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, Steve Rinella's MeatEater, and Hank Green's SciShow, and he recently starred in documentaries about his work on the BBC (Nature's Wildest Weapons) and NOVA (Extreme Animal Weapons).
Carl Zimmer is the author of fourteen books about science. His latest book is Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive.
Zimmer’s column Matter appears each week in the New York Times. His writing has earned a number of awards, including the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution. His previous book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, won the 2019 National Academies Communication Award. The Guardian named it the best science book of 2018.
Zimmer is a familiar voice on radio programs such as Radiolab and is professor adjunct at Yale University. He is, to his knowledge, the only writer after whom both a species of tapeworm and an asteroid have been named.
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Unico problema, il prezzo pazzesco. Mi sono dovuto accontentare dell'edizione paperback che però ha una copertina decisamente sottile e pare essere piuttosto delicato. Lo leggo solo a letto, ho paura a portarlo nella mia stanza da lettura prferita (sì certo, "quella" stanza). Ad ogni modo, molto consigliato.