Evolution: Making Sense of Life 3rd Edition pdf

Evolution: Making Sense of Life 3rd Edition ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1319079864

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Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve their widely-praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today’s biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students.

With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.

About the author

Douglas J. Emlen is a professor at the University of Montana. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the White House, multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, and a Young Investigator Prize and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. His research has been featured in outlets including the New York Times, National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, Steve Rinella’s MeatEater, and Hank Green’s SciShow, and he recently starred in documentaries about his work on the BBC (Nature’s Wildest Weapons) and NOVA (Extreme Animal Weapons).