The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change - Brossura

Palumbi, Stephen R.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393323382 ISBN 13: 9780393323382

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2002

Riassunto

A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our own evolution. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Product Description

Evolution is not merely the process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years. It also happens rapidly, so quickly and so frequently that it changes how all of us live our lives. Drugs fail because diseases like HIV and tuberculosis evolve in a matter of months, neatly sidestepping pharmacology. Insects adapt and render harmless the most powerful pesticides in a matter of years, not centuries. While the ecological impact of human technology has been well publicized, the evolutionary consequences of antibiotic and antiviral use, insecticide applications, and herbicide bioengineering have been largely unexplored. In The Evolution Explosion, Stephen R. Palumbi examines these practical and critical aspects of modern evolution with a simple, yet forceful style that contains both an urgent message and a sense of humor.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393323382
• ISBN 13: 9780393323382
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Germania