30-Second Evolution: The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute - Couverture rigide

Fellowes, Mark; Battey, Nicholas

 
9781848318403: 30-Second Evolution: The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute
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ISBN 10 : 1848318405 ISBN 13 : 9781848318403
Editeur : Icon Books, 2015

Synopsis

Adapt or die: it’s nature’s most famous imperative. But how does evolution actually happen? It’s too slow to see, but it’s going on all around you, all the time. Even if you’re on top of the key terms – variation? Natural selection? Parent-offspring conflict? – you still need some context to put them in. From populations to speciation and polymorphism to evolutionary psychology, here’s the one-stop source for all you need to know. Evolution unlocks the laboratory of life, dissecting it into the 50 most significant topics that provide the missing links to understand the natural world’s four-billion-year ancestry and the process of natural selection in which species either adapt in myriad ways – mutation, ingenuity, and intelligence – to meet the challenges of a changing environment, or die. Unravel the development of living organisms, at micro and macro level – from genes to geniuses.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mark Fellowes is Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Nicholas Battey is Head of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Reading, England. Together, their expertise spans the diversity of their subject: Professor Battey's background is in cells, genes, and plants; Professor Fellowes's is in ecology, evolution, animals, and the interactions between species.

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Adapt or die: it’s nature’s most famous imperative. But how does evolution actually happen? It’s too slow to see, but it’s going on all around you, all the time. Even if you’re on top of the key terms – variation? Natural selection? Parent-offspring conflict? – you still need some context to put them in. From populations to speciation and polymorphism to evolutionary psychology, here’s the one-stop source for all you need to know. Evolution unlocks the laboratory of life, dissecting it into the 50 most significant topics that provide the missing links to understand the natural world’s four-billion-year ancestry and the process of natural selection in which species either adapt in myriad ways – mutation, ingenuity, and intelligence – to meet the challenges of a changing environment, or die. Unravel the development of living organisms, at micro and macro level – from genes to geniuses.

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Éditeur
Icon Books
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848318405
ISBN 13 
9781848318403
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1785784137 ISBN 13 :  9781785784132
Editeur : Icon Books, 2018
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