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Parker, Andrew

 
9780743257336: In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Kick-started the Big Bang of Evolution
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ISBN 10: 0743257332 ISBN 13: 9780743257336
Casa editrice: Free Press, 2004

Sinossi

Between 543 and 538 million years ago, something remarkable happened. After hundreds of millions of years of gradual and painstaking evolution, suddenly the process exploded into life. For the first time animals evolved hard external parts. For the first time there was evidence of active predation, with both hunters and hunted rapidly developing both armaments and defences. And in this short space of time -- the blink of an eye, in geological terms -- the number of different classifications of animals, or phyla, mushroomed from three to thirty-eight, the number we still have today. The 'when' and the 'what' of this extraordinary event, known as the 'Cambrian Explosion', have been known for some years and were made famous in Stephen Jay Gould's bestselling book WONDERFUL LIFE. What has until now been speculation is the 'why'. Andrew Parker's astounding explanation, which is becoming increasingly influential and accepted, is fully explored and described in this groundbreaking book. A scientific detective story which encompasses disciplines as diverse as biology, history, geology and art, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE is destined to become a popular-science classic.

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Recensione

'An enthralling read. Controversial perhaps, but illuminating' Euan Clarkson, THES
‘Parker’s fascinating book opens yours eyes to the subtlety of the evolutionary mechanisms that regulate life on Earth.’
Guardian 18/09/04

L'autore

Andrew Parker was born in 1967. After completing his Ph.D. in Marine Biology he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Australia, Poland and the United States. He is currently a Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University. This is his first book.

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Editore
Free Press
Data di pubblicazione
2004
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0743257332
ISBN 13 
9780743257336
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
336
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780465054381: In the Blink of an Eye: How Vision Sparked the Big Bang of Evolution

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0465054382 ISBN 13:  9780465054381
Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2004
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