Loose-Leaf Version for Evolution: Making Sense of Life, Emlen Douglas J., Zimmer Carl

Автор: Zimmer Carl
Название: She Has Her Mother`s Laugh
ISBN: 1509818553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509818556
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
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Описание: Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society - a force set to shape our future even more radically.

Автор: Zimmer Carl
Название: She Has Her Mother`s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
ISBN: 1101984619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781101984611
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist
"Science book of the year"--The Guardian
One of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018
One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Books of 2018
One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018
One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018
One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018
"Extraordinary"--New York Times Book Review
"Magisterial"--The Atlantic
"Engrossing"--Wired
"Leading contender as the most outstanding nonfiction work of the year"--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed spectacularly to answer it. The birth of genetics in the early 1900s seemed to do precisely that. Gradually, people translated their old notions about heredity into a language of genes. As the technology for studying genes became cheaper, millions of people ordered genetic tests to link themselves to missing parents, to distant ancestors, to ethnic identities...

But, Zimmer writes, "Each of us carries an amalgam of fragments of DNA, stitched together from some of our many ancestors. Each piece has its own ancestry, traveling a different path back through human history. A particular fragment may sometimes be cause for worry, but most of our DNA influences who we are--our appearance, our height, our penchants--in inconceivably subtle ways." Heredity isn't just about genes that pass from parent to child. Heredity continues within our own bodies, as a single cell gives rise to trillions of cells that make up our bodies. We say we inherit genes from our ancestors--using a word that once referred to kingdoms and estates--but we inherit other things that matter as much or more to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. We need a new definition of what heredity is and, through Carl Zimmer's lucid exposition and storytelling, this resounding tour de force delivers it.

Weaving historical and current scientific research, his own experience with his two daughters, and the kind of original reporting expected of one of the world's best science journalists, Zimmer ultimately unpacks urgent bioethical quandaries arising from new biomedical technologies, but also long-standing presumptions about who we really are and what we can pass on to future generations.

Автор: Emlen Douglas J.
Название: Beetle Battles: One Scientist`s Journey of Adventure and Discovery
ISBN: 1250147115 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250147110
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS)
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Join scientist Doug Emlen on his quest to find an elusive type of beetle that grows its armor to be ten times its body size.

What does it take to be a scientist in the field?

Doug Emlen is a scientist. He studies beetles.

Specifically, he studies the evolution of beetle weapons--how their horns and armor change to better suit them in different environments.

This book starts with a mystery: Doug wanted to know why a particular type of beetle developed a massive evolutionary weapon. He wanted to know how these changes happened and what advantages these enormous weapons gave the tiny dung beetles.

So, he went to visit.

Part travel diary and part scientific exploration, Beetle Battles takes you deep into the South American rainforest to monitor beetles in their own habitat. Packed with color photographs, extensive back matter, and entertaining anecdotes, this book will make beetle fans out of all its young readers.

Автор: Zimmer Carl
Название: Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
ISBN: 1454912405 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781454912408
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 13750.00 T
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Описание: In this book, each tattoo is accompanied by a reflection on the science in question by bestselling essayist and lecturer Zimmer. Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. Showcasing hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, Science Ink reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in their skin.

Best of all, each tattoo provides a leaping-off point for bestselling essayist and lecturer Zimmer to reflect on the science in question, whether it's the importance of an image of Darwin's finches or the significance of the uranium atom inked into the chest of a young radiologist.

Автор: Sonny Barger, With Keith Zimmerman and Kent Zimmer
Название: Hell`s Angel
ISBN: 1841153362 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841153360
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: The autobiography - the dangerous life and wild times - of Sonny Barger, the legendary leader of the Hell`s Angels.