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Book Cover for: Evolution: Making Sense of Life, Douglas Emlen

Evolution: Making Sense of Life

Douglas Emlen

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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 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 through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students.

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 evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. H. Freeman
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2019
  • Pages: 816
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0003
  • Dimensions: 10.70in - 8.40in - 1.00in - 3.25lb
  • EAN: 9781319079864
  • Categories: Life Sciences - BiologyLife Sciences - Evolution

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