Why Elephants Have Big Ears: Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth - Couverture souple

Lavers, Chris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0575402105 ISBN 13 : 9780575402102

Editeur : Orion mass market paperback, 2001

Synopsis

Why are all the big land animals on Earth mammals? Why are reptiles so small today when they were so huge in the Age of Dinosaurs? Why are rivers, lakes and swamps dominated by large cold-blooded reptiles and not by mammals? Why are there so many birds on Earth and why are they all so small? In this beautifully written and utterly compelling book Lavers scours the fields of biology, physiology, ecology and palaeontology to find answers to these global-scale questions. In the process he reveals a fundamentally new view of life on Earth, one that offers no room for notions of superiority and inferiority in nature. 'If you want to understand evolution, read this' David Bellamy

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À propos de l?auteur

SALES POINTS Engaging, witty style - explains the science behind natural history in a way that anyone can understand In the style of Paul Colinvaux's Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare this is the first book to range across the disciplines of ecology, palaeontology, physiology, biogeography Jared Diamond/Stephen Jay Gould market for entertaining, accessible natural history The author was advisor on David Attenborough's recent BBC series on mammals 'Proves far more effective than one might ever have thought in accounting for the incredible richness and diversity of natural life' Scotsman 'Fascinating and illuminating' New Scientist

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orion mass market paperback
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0575402105
• ISBN 13: 9780575402102
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible