The Story of Life

Zusatztext Comprehensive and thorough. Informationen zum Autor Professor Sir Richard Southwood FRS, ex-head of Imperial College and Oxford Zoology Departments, ex-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, holder of thirteen honorary degrees is, above all, a life long natural historian with an enduring curiosity about the lives of the other inhabitants of Earth. As well as writing and researching, he has played a major role in public policy related to the environment - with direct responsibility for the elimination of lead additives frompetrol, inter alia. Klappentext In The Story of Life, eminent biologist Richard Southwood offers a remarkable survey of life in all its forms, ranging from the earliest single-celled bacteria, to the evolution and extinction of animals, to the variety of life today. The book follows the major geological periods--such as the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian--explaining how great planetary changes such as the movement of the continents, the rising and falling of sea level, and the periods of glaciation, affected the forms of life on Earth. We read about the great dinosaurs and the arrival of the mammals and the primates, and the major extinctions that wiped them out. Generously illustrated with line drawings showing the fauna and flora of the Earth, both past and present, The Story of Life will enthrall anyone interested in nature and natural history. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive and well-illustrated guide to the story of life from the origin of the earth to the present day written from a scientific naturalist's viewpoint and set against a background of the world's changing climate and geology. Many existing books describe short periods in the history of life - the emergence of life, dinosaurs, etc but this covers the whole spectrum.

Product details

• Authors: Southwood, Professor Sir Richard Southwood, R. Southwood, Richard Southwood
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2003
• EAN: 9780198607861
• ISBN: 978-0-19-860786-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, NATURE / Rocks & Minerals, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Paleontology, NATURE / Fossils, Rocks, minerals & fossils, Palaeontology, Historical Geology, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest, Historical geology and palaeogeology