THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST by Sean B. Carroll ( 9781847247247 )

Item Details

Title:

THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST
DNA AND THE ULTIMATE FORENSIC RECORD OF EVOLUTION

By:

Sean B. Carroll

Format:

Paperback

List price:

£12.99

Our price:

£9.48

Discount:

27% off

You save:

£3.51

ISBN 10:

1847247245

ISBN 13:

9781847247247

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-2 days.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 2 available

Publisher:

QUERCUS PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

1 January, 2009

Pages:

304

Description:

Captivating and lucid, The Making of the Fittest delves deep into the DNA record to reveal not just how the fittest survive but also how they are made.

Synopsis:

For more than a century, we were restricted to studying evolution from the outside, observing its progress only through the fossil record. No longer. We can now also read the DNA record. As well as containing the operating instructions for everyday existence and for making the next generation, DNA contains a vast and detailed history of the three-billion-year development of life on Earth. It is a living chronicle of evolution, pinpointing the precise changes that have enabled Earth's marvelous creatures to inhabit the planet's shifting environments, from the freezing waters of the Antarctic to the lush canopy of the rainforest. Captivating and lucid, The Making of the Fittest delves deep into the DNA record to reveal not just how the fittest survive but also how they are made.

Publication:

Imprint:

Quercus Publishing

Prizes:

Winner of Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Prize 2007

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

BRAVE GENIUS

BRAVE GENIUS (HB)

ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL (HB)

ENDLESS FORMS MOST BEAUTIFUL (PB)