The story of life : great discoveries in biology / Sean B. Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Sean B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--History.

Biology.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Summary:

A unique opportunity for students to learn biology through stories told by one of the great science storytellers of our time: Sean B. Carroll. This enriching text follows the structure of an introductory biology course, with brief chapters that span the breadth of the life sciences. This gives maximum flexibility to assign a few stories, or all of them. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE

1. Guts and Glory

2. First Do No Harm

pt. II HEREDITY

3. Like Beads on a Necklace

4. Who Would Have Guessed It?

5. The Secret of Life

6. Genes as Medicine

pt. III EVOLUTION AND THE ORIGINS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

7. Great Minds Think Alike

8. An Explosion of Animals

9. Evolution by Merger

10. A Third Form of Life

11. Queen of the Stone Age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780393631562

0393631567

OCLC:

1036733266

Publisher Number:

99992321615