
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs...
Carl Zimmer(Author)
Touchstone (Publisher)
Published on 8. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-684-85623-0 (ISBN)
Description
How did we ever get ashore? How did we make legs, arms and our extremely complex intelligence? Evolution is one of the most hotly debated areas of popular science. With this book, the author presents an accessible account of one of evolution's great mysteries - how microbes turned into humans.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
277 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-85623-0 (9780684856230)
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Carl Zimmer
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
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08/2014
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Atria Books
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Person
Carl Zimmer, author of At the Water's Edge, is a frequent contributor to Discover, National Geographic, Natural History, Nature, and Science. He is a winner of the Everett Clark Award for science journalism and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. A John S. Guggenheim Fellow, he has also received the Pan-American Health Organization Award for Excellence in International Health Reporting and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. His previous books include Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, Parasite Rex, and At the Water's Edge. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
Content
Contents
Introduction: Life's Warps
1. After a Lost Balloon
2. Limitless Air, Ho!
3. How to Make a Hand
4. Darwin's Saplings
5. The Mind at Sea
6. The Equation of a Whale
7. Along the Tethyan Shores
8. Walking to Swimming
9. A Voyage Out
10. On the Trails of Macroevolution
Evolutionary Chronology
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index