Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink

Broschiertes Buch

A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

Beschreibung

Offers an overview of the history of life on Earth that takes into account recent scientific advances that are changing many long-held beliefs on the subject, giving special focus to the role of natural catastrophes, the role of three key molecules, and the evolution of ecosystems.

Autor

Peter Ward is a professor of biology and of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, and has authored seventeen books, among them the prizewinning Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, with Donald Brownlee. He also teaches as the University of Adelaide in Australia. He has been a main speaker at TED and has received the Jim Shea Award for popular science writing. He lives in Washington.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Press / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 900085266
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781608199105
• ISBN-10: 160819910X
• Artikelnr.: 43599707

Rezensionen

A NEW HISTORY OF LIFE deserves kudos for infectious élan, impressive scholarship and a plausible accounting of life's herky-jerky, hurry-up-and-wait tribulations.