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Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species (Hardcover)
by Sean B. Carroll (Author)
Textbook Details
* Hardcover: 352 pages
* Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (February 10, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 015101485X
* ISBN-13: 78-0151014859
* Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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Textbook Description
An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet.
Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of how old it was? Vague and vastly off the mark. And our sense of our own species’ history? A set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. Fossils had been known for millennia, but they were seen as the bones of dragons and other imagined creatures.
In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars, Sean Carroll’s Remarkable Creatures celebrates the pioneers who replaced our fancies with the even more amazing true story of how our world evolved.
Carroll recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of national history — from Darwin’s trip around the world to CharlesWalcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Join him in a rousing voyage of discovery, from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.
Remarkable Creatures Review
The most remarkable thing about Remarkable Creatures is that Carroll’s book is so easy and enjoyable to read. To a scientist there are no new facts or theories to learn here, just stuff we’ve already learned–now learned better as really good yarns well selected, well told, and woven together around the compelling theme and endless plot known as life. Sean Carroll’s perspective and his smooth prose style make this popularization an easy yet rewarding book. Additionally, the aphorisms and epigrams are sharply chosen, and the illustrations are tightly illustrative of the text. The “Sources and Further Reading” are a bonus, particularly the Websites and Sources of Quotes, softening the regret at having reached “the last of these stories” after so few enjoyable days. I found no Typos and no reason to challenge the fact-checkers at the new HMH. This book hits its target, and in Dr. Carroll’s case it seems Mr. Hughes’ tax shelter dollars also found a worthy target. If the next few Darwin bicentennial offerings are even close to this standard, there’ll be good reading ahead. Make reading Remarkable Creatures part of your search for the origins of species. You will enjoy it.
This book chronicles the adventures of some of the great paleontologists, evolutionists, and molecular biologists in search for the origin of species. The book is described in three major parts; the first part focuses on the origin of species in general; the second part on particular kinds of animals; and finally the origins of human beings. In part one, the epic voyage of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates who laid foundations for the theory of natural selection and origin of species is vividly explained with the drama, tragedy and adventurism encountered during their long voyages into the far corners of planet. The second part describes the major expeditions for hunting fossils, and spectacular finds in paleontology that sheds light on the evolution of animal species. The last part dealing with natural history of human beings, track discoveries from the archeological, paleontological, and genetic studies that shed much light on the evolution of man. For a general reader this part is perhaps most interesting and especially chapter 13 entitled “Neander Valley” which examines if Neanderthals and humans have any biological connection; the discussion analyses very latest results from archeological, genetic and fossil studies. It is an exciting chapter to read.
Carroll has written another splendid book. This one details the stories behind the evolutionary biologists responsible for the current state of the science. Written in a simpler style than his previous books, it contains just enough information to make it worthwhile reading for those who want to learn more about the historical development of evolutionary biology. Without the density of scientific language of his previous books readers will find it easier to understand, less work to plow through and because it is substantially shorter than his earlier books, easier to retain what has been read. Carroll brilliantly elucidates the emerging field of Evo-Devo never sacrificing scientific detail for the sake of clarity. He has written another splendid book that is strongly recommended to those for whom science never loses either its fascination or its relevance.
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