Evolution: Making Sense of Life
Professor Douglas J. Emlen works for the University of Montana. In addition to being a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has won numerous research awards from the National Science Foundation, the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the White House, the Young Investigator Prize from the American Society of Naturalists, and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award. His work has been highlighted in publications such as the New York Times, Fresh Air on National Public Radio, Steve Rinella's MeatEater, and Hank Green's SciShow. He also recently appeared in documentaries on the BBC (Nature's Wildest Weapons) and NOVA (Extreme Animal Weapons).
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The highly regarded evolution textbook by evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen and science writer Carl Zimmer is still being updated. The technical rigor and conceptual depth that today's biology majors demand are present in Evolution: Making Sense of Life thanks to Emlen, an accomplished evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana. Award-winning New York Times columnist Zimmer infuses the book with fascinating storytelling, bringing evolutionary knowledge to life through a scenario that is sure to hold evolution students' interest.
The book is a reading journey aimed at capturing students' imaginations and demonstrating why evolution makes such amazing sense of existence. It contains gripping stories about evolutionary biologists working anywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards.
Author: Douglas John Emlen
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Making-Douglas-J-Emlen/dp/1319079865
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