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Like new
A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Like new, read once”
Age Level
Adults
Special Attributes
Dust Jacket
ISBN
9780375401190

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375401199
ISBN-13
9780375401190
eBay Product ID (ePID)
982142

Product Key Features

Book Title
Life : a Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
Richard Fortey
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
26.8 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-049466
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
576.8
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations........................... ....................ix Acknowledgements..................................................xiii 1 The Everlasting Sea...............................................3 2 Dust to Life.............................................. .......29 3 Cells, Tissues, Bodies............................ .. ..........69 4 My Animals and Other Families................ ..........87 5 Marine Riches......................................... ..........107 6 Landwards.............................................. . ........137 7 Silent Forests, Crowded Oceans............... .........166 8 The Great Continent................................. .........186 9 Monstrous and Modest............................. .........210 10 Theories of the End............................ .............238 11 Suckling Success................................ ............261 12 Humanity....................................... ... .............289 13 Wheels of Chance............................... .............316 Glossary.................................................. . .......323 Suggestions for Further Reading...........................331 Index................................................... . ..........333
Synopsis
By one of Britain's most gifted scientists: a magnificently daring and compulsively readable account of life on Earth (from the "big bang" to the advent of man), based entirely on the most original of all sources--the evidence of fossils. With excitement and driving intelligence, Richard Fortey guides us from the barren globe spinning in space, through the very earliest signs of life in the sulphurous hot springs and volcanic vents of the young planet, the appearance of cells, the slow creation of an atmosphere and the evolution of myriad forms of plants and animals that could then be sustained, including the magnificent era of the dinosaurs, and on to the last moment before the debut of Homo sapiens. Ranging across multiple scientific disciplines, explicating in wonderfully clear and refreshing prose their findings and arguments--about the origins of life, the causes of species extinctions and the first appearance of man--Fortey weaves this history out of the most delicate traceries left in rock, stone and earth. He also explains how, on each aspect of nature and life, scientists have reached the understanding we have today, who made the key discoveries, who their opponents were and why certain ideas won. Brimful of wit, fascinating personal experience and high scholarship, this book may well be our best introduction yet to the complex history of life on Earth. A Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection   With 32 pages of photographs
LC Classification Number
QH366.2.F69 1998

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