The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution - Rilegato

Dawkins, Richard; Wong, Yan

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0618005838 ISBN 13: 9780618005833

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004

Riassunto

A renowned scientist and author of The Selfish Gene provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, convergent evolution, extinction, genetics, plate tectonics, geographical disperal, and other topics.

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Recensione:

"This clever approach to our extended family tree should prove a natural hit with science readers." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"One of Dawkins's best: a big, almost encyclopedic compendium bursting with information and ideas." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"This is an ambitious, important book rich with fascinating insights. Also, it couldn't come at a better time." --Carl Zimmer The New York Times Book Review

"Our complete evolutionary story, brilliantly recounted by Dawkins." --Jonathan Keats, Popular Science

"The most modest and winning of his eight books." --John Horgan, Discover

L'autore:

Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor’s Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil’s Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618005838
• ISBN 13: 9780618005833
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 673