Bibliograph

Evolution, a visual record, photographs by Robert Clark ; foreword by David Quammen ; text by Joseph Wallace

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Label

Evolution, a visual record, photographs by Robert Clark ; foreword by David Quammen ; text by Joseph Wallace

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Evolution

Oclc number

960468206

Responsibility statement

photographs by Robert Clark ; foreword by David Quammen ; text by Joseph Wallace

Sub title

a visual record

Summary

Through 200 revelatory images, award-winning photographer Robert Clark makes one of the most important foundations of science clear and exciting to everyone. Evolution: A Visual Record transports readers from the near-mystical (human ancestors) to the historic (the famous 'finches' Darwin collected on the Galápagos Islands that spurred his theory); the recently understood (the link between dinosaurs and modern birds) to the simply astonishing.--, Source other than Library of Congress

Table Of Contents

These views of life / David Quammen -- Darwin, Wallace, and the birth of a theory / Joseph Wallace -- Ancient history -- Birds : selection, natural and artificial -- Diversity in cold blood -- Plants : evolution blooms -- Insects : adaptation in abundance -- Mammals : a web of connection -- Human origins -- The evolution of evolution

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