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Book Title
Evolution: Making Sense of Life
ISBN
9781319079864

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Freeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-10
1319079865
ISBN-13
9781319079864
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038817311

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
816 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Evolution : Making Sense of Life
Subject
Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Author
Douglas Emlen, Carl Zimmer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
57.1 Oz
Item Length
10.8 in
Item Width
8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
3
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2019-937273
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
1 The Whale and the Virus: How Scientists Study Evolution 1 2 From Natural Philosophy to Darwin: A Brief History of Evolutionary Ideas 28 3 What the Rocks Say: How Geology and Paleontology Reveal the History of Life 52 4 The Tree of Life: How Biologists Use Phylogeny to Reconstruct the Deep Past 5 Raw Material: Heritable Variation Among Individuals 140 6 The Ways of Change: Drift and Selection 176 7 Beyond Alleles: Quantitative Genetics and the Evolution of Phenotypes 226 8 The History in Our Genes 264 9 From Genes to Traits: The Evolution of Genetic Networks and Development 308 10 Natural Selection: Empirical Studies in the Wild 352 11 Sex: Causes and Consequences 390 12 After Conception: The Evolution of Life History and Parental Care 434 13 The Origin of Species 466 14 Macroevolution: The Long Run 508 15 Intimate Partnerships: How Species Adapt to Each Other 548 16 Brains and Behavior 588 17 Human Evolution: A New Kind of Ape 632 18 Evolutionary Medicine 684
Synopsis
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 it is that evolution makes such brilliant sense of life. The new edition of Evolution: Making Sense of Life is now supported in SaplingPlus. Created and supported by the author and other educators, SaplingPlus's instructional online homework drives student success and saves educators' time. Automatically graded homework problem contains hints, answer-specific feedback, and solutions to ensure that students find the help they need., 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. 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.
LC Classification Number
QH366.2.Z526 2020

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