Evolution (International Edition): Making Sense of Life - Brossura

Douglas Emlen; Carl Zimmer

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ISBN 10: 1319322190 ISBN 13: 9781319322199

Casa editrice: W. H. Freeman, 2019

Riassunto

Helping students make sense of evolution

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 rigour 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.

The new edition of Evolution: Making Sense of Life is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for students. It houses all of our renowned assessments, multimedia assets, e-books, and instructor resources in a powerful new platform.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Douglas J. Emlen is a professor at the University of Montana. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation including their five-year CAREER award, and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. Carl Zimmer is one of the country’s leading science writers. A columnist for the New York Times, he is the author of 13 books, including She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potentials of Heredity, which The Guardian named the best science book of 2018. Zimmer is professor adjunct at Yale University, where he teaches science writing. Among his many honors, Zimmer has won the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the National Association of Biology Teachers Distinguished Service Award.

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The third edition continues to bring riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work across the globe. 

It shows  exactly why it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.          This textbook can also be packaged with SaplingPlus; an online learning platform that combines heavily research based pre-lectures with the robust Sapling homework system, in which every problem has targeted feedback, hints, and a fully worked and explained solution. An experienced author team brings together a unique set of expertise and perspectives to help master concepts and succeed in developing problem-solving skills.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: W. H. Freeman
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1319322190
• ISBN 13: 9781319322199
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 816
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile