Nature Strange and Beautiful: How Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth a Home

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Nature Strange and Beautiful: How Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth a Home - Leigh, Egbert Giles
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In this wide-ranging volume, Egbert Leigh explores the amazing results of billions of years of evolution at work. He demonstrates that natural selection on "selfish genes" gives rise to complex modes of cooperation and interdependence.
Product Details
Price
$37.20
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
6.4 X 9.3 X 0.7 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780300244625

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About the Author
Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr., is a biologist for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and has resided on Barro Colorado Island in Panama as the staff scientist since 1972. Christian Ziegler is a celebrated nature photographer whose work focuses on ecologically oriented themes.
Reviews
"A truly fine piece of work, one that should be on the reading list of all students and practitioners of evolutionary biology."--Geerat J. Vermeij, author of The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Shells to Civilization
"Nature Strange and Beautiful is an exceptionally comprehensive and clear portrait of the origin and functioning of ecological communities, founded on Egbert Leigh's career in tropical biology. The photographs by Christian Ziegler and other detailed drawings add to the book's richness and appeal."--Douglas Futuyma, Stony Brook University
"Not just a linear narrative of evolutionary history - but a wonderful walk through the world. Leigh demonstrates how the evolutionary lens enriches all of human experience and deepens our appreciation for the strange and beautiful world in which we live."--Noel Michele Holbrook, Harvard University
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