Normal view
MARC view
Evolution : the triumph of an idea / Carl Zimmer.
Publication details: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2006.Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: xxxvii, 487 p. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780061138409 (pbk.) :
- 0061138401 (pbk.) :
- QH361 .Z48 2006
Contents:
pt. 1. Slow victory : Darwin and the rise of Darwinism -- 1. Darwin and the Beagle -- 2. "Like confessing a murder" : the origin of Origin of species -- 3. Deep time discovered : putting dates to the history of life -- 4. Witnessing change : genes, natural selection, and evolution in action -- pt. 2. Creation and destruction -- 5. Rooting the tree of life : from life's dawn to the age of microbes -- 6. The accidental tool kit : chance and constraints in animal evolution -- 7. Extinction : how life ends and begins again -- pt. 3. Evolution's dance -- 8. Coevolution : weaving the web of life -- 9. Doctor Darwin : disease in the age of evolutionary medicine -- 10. Passion's logic : the evolution of sex -- pt. 4. Humanity's place in evolution and evolution's place in humanity -- 11. The gossiping ape : the social roots of human evolution -- 12. Modern life, 50,000 B.C. : the dawn of us -- 13. What about God?
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QH 361 .Z48 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 601191 |
Browsing American University in Dubai shelves, Shelving location: Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| No cover image available | No cover image available | |||||||
| QH 332 Taking sides: Clashing views on bioethical issues / | QH 353 .B87 2005 Out of Eden : an odyssey of ecological invasion / | QH 360.5 .P69 2012 Darwin's unfinished business : the self-organizing intelligence of nature / | QH 361 .Z48 2006 Evolution : the triumph of an idea / | QH 365 .A1 1904 The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. | QH 365 .O2 2002 The origin of species / | QH 366 .D37 1964 Atlas of evolution, |
Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [424]-451).
pt. 1. Slow victory : Darwin and the rise of Darwinism -- 1. Darwin and the Beagle -- 2. "Like confessing a murder" : the origin of Origin of species -- 3. Deep time discovered : putting dates to the history of life -- 4. Witnessing change : genes, natural selection, and evolution in action -- pt. 2. Creation and destruction -- 5. Rooting the tree of life : from life's dawn to the age of microbes -- 6. The accidental tool kit : chance and constraints in animal evolution -- 7. Extinction : how life ends and begins again -- pt. 3. Evolution's dance -- 8. Coevolution : weaving the web of life -- 9. Doctor Darwin : disease in the age of evolutionary medicine -- 10. Passion's logic : the evolution of sex -- pt. 4. Humanity's place in evolution and evolution's place in humanity -- 11. The gossiping ape : the social roots of human evolution -- 12. Modern life, 50,000 B.C. : the dawn of us -- 13. What about God?
There are no comments on this title.
Log in to your account to post a comment.