Evolution
A Scientific American Reader
312 pages, 72 halftones, 11 line drawings 6 x 9
©
2006
Series: Scientific American Readers
Cloth $65.00
ISBN: 9780226742687
Published September 2006
Paper $22.00
ISBN: 9780226742694
Published September 2006
THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE
The Evolution of the Universe The First Stars in the Universe Exploring Our Universe and Others Searching for Life in Our Solar System The Fate of Life in the Universe Life's Rocky Start Misconceptions about the Big Bang The Evolution of the Earth
CELLULAR EVOLUTION
Uprooting the Tree of Life The Birth of Complex Cells Viral Quasispecies How Cells Respond to Stress Cell Communication: The Inside Story Life, Death and the Immune System Cybernetic Cells
DINOSAURS AND OTHER MONSTERS
Rulers of the Jurassic Seas The Mammals That Conquered the Seas Breathing Life into Tyrannosaurus rex Madagascar's Mesozoic Secrets Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird? The Terror Birds of South America The Evolution of Life on Earth
HUMAN EVOLUTION
An Ancestor to Call Our Own Early Hominid Fossils from Africa Planet of the Apes Once We Were Not Alone Out of Africa Again... and Again? Who Were the Neandertals Food for Thought Skin Deep The Evolution of Human Birth Once Were Cannibals If Humans Were Built to Last
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