The Universe Within

Informationen zum Autor Neil Shubin is a palaeontologist in the great tradition of his mentors! Ernst Mayr and Stephen Jay Gould. He has discovered fossils around the world that have changed the way we think about many of the key transitions in evolution and has pioneered a new synthesis of expeditionary palaeontology! developmental genetics and genomics. He trained at Columbia! Harvard and Berkeley and is currently a Professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. Klappentext During the past 13.7 billion years (or so) since the Big Bang! our universe has evolved! stars have formed and died and our planet congealed from the matter in space. In this title! the author reveals to us the extraordinary cosmic and evolutionary adventure of our own bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Shubin
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9781846142208
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-220-8
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 243 mm x 24 mm
• Series: ALLEN LANE
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution (Abstammungslehre), Urknall