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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 258 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Where did the unicorn come from, and how was it accepted as a part of the animal kingdom for so long? Chris Lavers argues that although the unicorn of our imagination isn't real, traces of its character can be found in existing species. In this lively and vivid exploration of the natural world, Lavers follows the beast's trail to the plateaus of India and into the jungles of Africa to unearth the flesh and blood ancestors of our iconic unicorn.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
367 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Description
"Evolution" recreates the 3.5 billion-year story of life on Earth in stunning detail through vivid full-color illustrations and graphics, the latest scientific information, and hundreds of photographs--a beautifully detailed panorama of communities from microbes to humankind that have lived on the planet's continents and in its oceans.
8) Evolution
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Series
Publisher
Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2009, c1993
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm. + 1 clip art CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 wall chart.
Description
Text about and photography of experiments, animals, plants, bones, and fossils reveal the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the natural world and how life began.
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Publisher
Distributed by Schlessinger Meda
Pub. Date
p2004, c1996
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This program explores Earth's age, uncovers fossils and traces evolution through the geological time periods. It also examines continental drift, cockroaches, early communication, and the role of mass extinctions throughout history.
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Formats
Description
"The Physics of Life illuminates the meaning of evolution in its broadest scientific sense and empowers the reader with a new view of the intertwined movement of all life -- evolution is more than biological. The same physical effect is present in all patterns and flows -- from population growth, to air traffic, to government expansion, to the urge for better ideas. Evolution is everywhere, and the same elegant principles of physics apply to all things....
12) Evolution
Author
Publisher
What On Earth
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
The Earth has come a very long way from the molten planet with oceans of magma that existed 4.5 billion years ago. Since then, the land has shifted, the climate has changed, and life has flourished. But how exactly did living things come to be? Let real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva Maria Sadowski enlighten you about the fascinating facts of evolution: what it is and how it works. Dive into the history of life on Earth and learn about the...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"A picture book adaptation of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species, lushly illustrated and told in accessible and engaging easy-to-understand text for young readers."--
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
"In the tradition of E.H. Gombrich, Stephen Hawking, and Alan Weisman-an entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life's life story. In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place-in constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
[xii, 267] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals live and how their bodies are organized: the evolution of fish to land-living creature, the origin of birds,...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
32 pages ; color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Clear and inviting nonfiction prose, vetted by scientists-together with lively illustrations and a time line-narrate how life on Earth emerged “out of the blue.” It began in the vast, empty sea when Earth was young. Single-celled microbes too small to see held the promise of all life-forms to come. Those microbes survived billions of years in restless seas until they began to change, to convert sunlight into energy, to produce oxygen until one...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
vii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"This book is about one of the great zoological wonders of the world. No, it's not about the tears of the elephant, the smile of the dolphin, or the politics of the chimpanzee. It is about a scrawny, brainy ape with the habit of helping strangers, at times even risking life and limb to do so. It's about you and me, and how we treat everybody else. In short, it answers one of the biggest questions science has ever faced: Why do we give a damn about...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
v, 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso's forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize...
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